On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 12:46 AM, Daniel Fetchinson <fetchin...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> Suppose I want to define a function that return the minimum number >> that can be represented. >> >> def f(x): >> #body >> >> That it, if I call f(10), f will return the minimum integer that can >> be represented in the machine; if I cal f(10.5), f will return the >> minimum float that can be represented in the machine. >> >> Could somebody let me know what should be in the function body? > > I'm not sure this is what you are looking for but have a look at > > import sys > print sys.maxint
The problem is how to know what type of the argument and call the corresponding function. In C++, it is relatively easy (<limits> header). Is there an equivalent in python? Regards, Peng -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
