finfo

finfo(type: dtype | array, /) → finfo_object

Machine limits for floating-point data types.

Parameters:

type (Union[dtype, array]) – the kind of floating-point data-type about which to get information.

Returns:

out (finfo object) – an object having the followng attributes:

• bits: int

  number of bits occupied by the floating-point data type.

• eps: float

  difference between 1.0 and the next smallest representable floating-point number larger than 1.0 according to the IEEE-754 standard.

• max: float

  largest representable number.

• min: float

  smallest representable number.

• smallest_normal: float

  smallest positive floating-point number with full precision.