Try this one for size, noting especially the delightful eccentric value at i = 8. Your results may vary.
m = 1.0e308 for i in range(0,20) : c = (1.0e308+1.0e308j)/(1.0e308+i*0.1*1.0e308j) print i, c On at least two systems, it gives: 0 (1+1j) 1 (1.08910891089+0.891089108911j) 2 (1.15384615385+0.769230769231j) 3 (1.19266055046+0.642201834862j) 4 (1.20689655172+0.51724137931j) 5 (1.2+0.4j) 6 (1.17647058824+0.294117647059j) 7 (1.14093959732+0.201342281879j) 8 (inf+0.121951219512j) 9 (nan+0j) 10 (nan+0j) 11 (nan-0j) 12 (nan-0j) 13 -0j 14 -0j 15 -0j 16 -0j 17 -0j 18 -0j 19 -0j Regards, Nick Maclaren. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list