In this python tutorial, you will learn how to get Maximum and Minimum values for an integer in Python.
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Let’s dive into the tutorial.
Get maximum and minimum int values using sys.maxint in Python 2.0
Up to Python 2.0, to get the maximum and minimum integer we can use the sys.maxint() method available in the sys module. To use this method, we have to import the sys module.
import sys
Syntax to get the maximum value of int:
sys.maxint
Example: Get maximum Integer
import sys # Get maximum integer maxIntValue = sys.maxint print(maxIntValue)
Output:
9223372036854775807
We can see that the 9223372036854775807 is the maximum integer value. We ran this program with python version 2.7.18. It might not run with python version 3 onwards. In this next section of article we will discuss ways to get max value of int in python3.
In order to get the minimum integer, there are two ways.
Syntax to get minimum int:
-sys.maxint - 1
(or)
~sys.maxint
Example: Get minimum Integer
import sys # Get minimum integer value minIntValue = -sys.maxint - 1 print(minIntValue) # Get minimum integer value minIntValue = ~sys.maxint print(minIntValue)
Output:
-9223372036854775808 -9223372036854775808
We can see that the -9223372036854775808 is the minimum integer. We ran this program with python version 2.7.18. It might not run with python version 3 onwards. In this next section of article we will discuss ways to get min value of int in python3.
Get maximum and minimum values of int using sys.maxsize in Python3
From Python 3.0 onwards, to get the maximum and minimum integer we can use the sys.maxsize() method available in the sys module. To use this method, we have to import the sys module.
import sys
Syntax to get maximum int:
sys.maxsize
Example: Get maximum Integer
import sys # Get maximum integer value print(sys.maxsize)
Output:
9223372036854775807
We can see that 9223372036854775807 is the maximum integer. In order to get the minimum integer, there are two ways.
Syntax to get minimum int:
-sys.maxsize - 1
(or)
~sys.maxsize
Example: Get minimum Integer
import sys # get minimum integer print(-sys.maxsize - 1) # get minimum integer print(~sys.maxsize)
Output:
-9223372036854775808 -9223372036854775808
We can see that -9223372036854775808 is the minimum integer.
Get maximum and minimum values of int using numpy module
The numpy.iinfo() is the method available in numpy used to display the system size bit limits. It returns maximum and minimum integer values for different sizes of integers.
Syntax:
numpy.iinfo(numpy.int(size))
where size refers to the integer system size.
Example:
In this example, we will return maximum and minimum values of an integer using numpy.iinfo().
import numpy # get machine limits for int-8 size print(numpy.iinfo(numpy.int8)) # get machine limits for int-16 size print(numpy.iinfo(numpy.int16)) # get machine limits for int-32 size print(numpy.iinfo(numpy.int32)) # get machine limits for int-64 size print(numpy.iinfo(numpy.int64))
Output:
Machine parameters for int8 --------------------------------------------------------------- min = -128 max = 127 --------------------------------------------------------------- Machine parameters for int16 --------------------------------------------------------------- min = -32768 max = 32767 --------------------------------------------------------------- Machine parameters for int32 --------------------------------------------------------------- min = -2147483648 max = 2147483647 --------------------------------------------------------------- Machine parameters for int64 --------------------------------------------------------------- min = -9223372036854775808 max = 9223372036854775807 ---------------------------------------------------------------
We can see that,
- For int-8, the maximum integer is 127 and the minimum integer is -128
- For int-16, the maximum integer is 32767 and the minimum integer is -32768
- For int-32, the maximum integer is 2147483647 and the minimum integer is -2147483648
- For int-64, the maximum integer is 9223372036854775807 and the minimum integer is -9223372036854775808
We can also return maximum and minimum integers separately using max and min functions.
Syntax:
numpy.iinfo(numpy.int(size)).max numpy.iinfo(numpy.int(size)).min
Let’ ‘s see the example.
import numpy # Get maximum value of int8 print(numpy.iinfo(numpy.int8).max) # Get maximum value of int16 print(numpy.iinfo(numpy.int16).max) # Get maximum value of int32 print(numpy.iinfo(numpy.int32).max) # Get maximum value of int64 print(numpy.iinfo(numpy.int64).max) # Get minimum value of int8 print(numpy.iinfo(numpy.int8).min) # Get minimum value of int16 print(numpy.iinfo(numpy.int16).min) # Get minimum value of int32 print(numpy.iinfo(numpy.int32).min) # Get minimum value of int64 print(numpy.iinfo(numpy.int64).min)
Output:
127 32767 2147483647 9223372036854775807 -128 -32768 -2147483648 -9223372036854775808
Summary
In this tutorial, we have seen how to return a maximum and minimum integer value, in the before and latest versions using sys module. The maxint is used in the python 2.0 and maxsize is used in the python 3.0 version onwards. Also, we noticed that using ~ and – operators, we can get the minimum integer from the maxsize, and maxint attributes. Also we found that based on the system compiler or machine type, maximum and minimum values are returned using numpy.iinfo() module in Python. Happy Learning.