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What is the range of values a float can have in Python?

Asked 2009-12-02T21:02:28.323
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What are its smallest and biggest values in python?

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See this post.

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In [2]: import kinds 
In [3]: kinds.default_float_kind.M 
kinds.default_float_kind.MAX         kinds.default_float_kind.MIN 
kinds.default_float_kind.MAX_10_EXP  kinds.default_float_kind.MIN_10_EXP 
kinds.default_float_kind.MAX_EXP     kinds.default_float_kind.MIN_EXP 
In [3]: kinds.default_float_kind.MIN 
Out[3]: 2.2250738585072014e-308
answered 2009-12-02T21:05:52.453

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