Longest Python variable value

Question

I was working with python and I tried to see what is the largest number a variable in python can hold. Interestingly, I found that I kept on increasing that number and there was no end limit. Is there any max number limit in Python? My code is

import sys
a = sys.maxsize
for i in range(200):
   a *=sys.maxsize
print(a)

and the answer was a 10,12 lines integer.

Does this answer your question? [Maximum and Minimum values for ints](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7604966/maximum-and-minimum-values-for-ints) — Julian Camilleri, Mar 09 '20 at 17:00

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 09 '20 at 17:01

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Integers in Python can be arbitrarly large. There are lots on articles about how that is handled internally, like https://www.codementor.io/@arpitbhayani/how-python-implements-super-long-integers-12icwon5vk.

answered Mar 09 '20 at 17:01

Michael H.

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