7.2.5.2 Complex Numbers as Python Objects

7.2.5.2 Complex Numbers as Python Objects

PyComplexObject

This subtype of PyObject represents a Python complex number object.

PyTypeObject PyComplex_Type

This instance of PyTypeObject represents the Python complex number type. It is the same object as complex and types.ComplexType.

int PyComplex_Check(

PyObject *p)

Return true if its argument is a PyComplexObject or a subtype of PyComplexObject. Changed in version 2.2: Allowed subtypes to be accepted.

int PyComplex_CheckExact(

PyObject *p)

Return true if its argument is a PyComplexObject, but not a subtype of PyComplexObject. New in version 2.2.

PyObject* PyComplex_FromCComplex(

Py_complex v)

Return value: New reference.

Create a new Python complex number object from a C Py_complex value.

PyObject* PyComplex_FromDoubles(

double real, double imag)

Return value: New reference.

Return a new PyComplexObject object from real and imag.

double PyComplex_RealAsDouble(

PyObject *op)

Return the real part of op as a C double.

double PyComplex_ImagAsDouble(

PyObject *op)

Return the imaginary part of op as a C double.

Py_complex PyComplex_AsCComplex(

PyObject *op)

Return the Py_complex value of the complex number op.

---

Python/C API Reference Manual

Previous: 7.2.5.1 Complex Numbers as Up: 7.2.5 Complex Number Objects Next: 7.3 Sequence Objects

---

Release 2.5, documentation updated on 19th September, 2006.