numpy.iinfo — NumPy v1.15 Manual (original) (raw)

class numpy. iinfo(type)[source]

Machine limits for integer types.

Parameters: int_type : integer type, dtype, or instance The kind of integer data type to get information about.

See also

finfo

The equivalent for floating point data types.

Examples

With types:

ii16 = np.iinfo(np.int16) ii16.min -32768 ii16.max 32767 ii32 = np.iinfo(np.int32) ii32.min -2147483648 ii32.max 2147483647

With instances:

ii32 = np.iinfo(np.int32(10)) ii32.min -2147483648 ii32.max 2147483647

Attributes: bits : int The number of bits occupied by the type. min : int Minimum value of given dtype. max : int Maximum value of given dtype.