perldoc > Math::BigInt

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🧰 NAME

Math::BigInt - Arbitrary size integer/float math package

🚀 Quick Reference

Use Case	Command	Description
Create big integer	`$x = Math::BigInt->new('12345678901234567890')`	Arbitrary precision integer from string
Force bigints on constants	`use Math::BigInt ':constant';`	All numeric literals become Math::BigInt objects
Arithmetic (overloaded)	`$x + $y; $x * $y; $x ** $y;`	Standard operators work with big integers
Modular exponentiation	`$num->bmodpow($exp, $mod)`	Fast exponentiation modulo $mod
Factorial	`$x->bfac()`	Compute factorial of $x
Greatest common divisor	`$x->bgcd($y)`	GCD of two big integers
Bitwise operations	`$x->band($y); $x->bior($y); $x->bxor($y)`	AND, OR, XOR for bigints
Random access digit	`$x->digit($n)`	Get the nth digit from the right
Convert to string	`$x->bstr()`	Decimal string, possibly zero padded

📖 SYNOPSIS

use Math::BigInt;

# or make it faster with huge numbers: install (optional)
# Math::BigInt::GMP and always use (it falls back to
# pure Perl if the GMP library is not installed):
# (See also the MATH LIBRARY section!)

# to warn if Math::BigInt::GMP cannot be found, use
use Math::BigInt lib => 'GMP';

# to suppress the warning if Math::BigInt::GMP cannot be found, use
# use Math::BigInt try => 'GMP';

# to die if Math::BigInt::GMP cannot be found, use
# use Math::BigInt only => 'GMP';

my $str = '1234567890';
my @values = (64, 74, 18);
my $n = 1; my $sign = '-';

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# Configuration methods (may be used as class methods and instance methods)

Math::BigInt->accuracy();     # get class accuracy
Math::BigInt->accuracy($n);   # set class accuracy
Math::BigInt->precision();    # get class precision
Math::BigInt->precision($n);  # set class precision
Math::BigInt->round_mode();   # get class rounding mode
Math::BigInt->round_mode($m); # set global round mode, must be one of
                                # 'even', 'odd', '+inf', '-inf', 'zero',
                                # 'trunc', or 'common'
Math::BigInt->config();       # return hash with configuration

# Constructor methods (when the class methods below are used as instance
# methods, the value is assigned the invocand)

$x = Math::BigInt->new($str);             # defaults to 0
$x = Math::BigInt->new('0x123');          # from hexadecimal
$x = Math::BigInt->new('0b101');          # from binary
$x = Math::BigInt->from_hex('cafe');      # from hexadecimal
$x = Math::BigInt->from_oct('377');       # from octal
$x = Math::BigInt->from_bin('1101');      # from binary
$x = Math::BigInt->from_base('why', 36);  # from any base
$x = Math::BigInt->from_base_num([1, 0], 2);  # from any base
$x = Math::BigInt->bzero();               # create a +0
$x = Math::BigInt->bone();                # create a +1
$x = Math::BigInt->bone('-');             # create a -1
$x = Math::BigInt->binf();                # create a +inf
$x = Math::BigInt->binf('-');             # create a -inf
$x = Math::BigInt->bnan();                # create a Not-A-Number
$x = Math::BigInt->bpi();                 # returns pi

$y = $x->copy();         # make a copy (unlike $y = $x)
$y = $x->as_int();       # return as a Math::BigInt

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📝 DESCRIPTION
Math::BigInt provides support for arbitrary precision integers. Overloading is also provided for Perl operators.

🔢 Input
Input values to these routines may be any scalar number or string that looks like a number and represents an integer. … (full details preserved)

Input string                Resulting value

123                         123
1.23e2                      123
12300e-2                    123

67_538_754                  67538754
-4_5_6.7_8_9e+0_1_0         -4567890000000

0x13a                       314
0x13ap0                     314
0x1.3ap+8                   314
0x0.00013ap+24              314
0x13a000p-12                314

0o472                       314
0o1.164p+8                  314
0o0.0001164p+20             314
0o1164000p-10               314

0472                        472     Note!
01.164p+8                   314
00.0001164p+20              314
01164000p-10                314

0b100111010                 314
0b1.0011101p+8              314
0b0.00010011101p+12         314
0b100111010000p-3           314

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⚙️ METHODS
🔧 Configuration methods
Each method accepts three additional parameters $A, $P, $R (accuracy, precision, round_mode).
🎯 accuracy()
Math::BigInt->accuracy(5);      # set class accuracy
$x->accuracy(5);                # set instance accuracy

$A = Math::BigInt->accuracy();  # get class accuracy
$A = $x->accuracy();            # get instance accuracy

📏 precision()
Math::BigInt->precision(-2);     # set class precision
$x->precision(-2);               # set instance precision

$P = Math::BigInt->precision();  # get class precision
$P = $x->precision();            # get instance precision

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🏆 EXAMPLES
use Math::BigInt;

sub bigint { Math::BigInt->new(shift); }

$x = Math::BigInt->bstr("1234")       # string "1234"
$x = "$x";                            # same as bstr()
$x = Math::BigInt->bneg("1234");      # Math::BigInt "-1234"
$x = Math::BigInt->babs("-12345");    # Math::BigInt "12345"
$x = Math::BigInt->bnorm("-0.00");    # Math::BigInt "0"
$x = bigint(1) + bigint(2);           # Math::BigInt "3"
$x = bigint(1) + "2";                 # ditto ("2" becomes a Math::BigInt)
$x = bigint(1);                       # Math::BigInt "1"
$x = $x + 5 / 2;                      # Math::BigInt "3"
$x = $x ** 3;                         # Math::BigInt "27"
$x *= 2;                              # Math::BigInt "54"
$x = Math::BigInt->new(0);            # Math::BigInt "0"
$x--;                                 # Math::BigInt "-1"
$x = Math::BigInt->badd(4,5)          # Math::BigInt "9"
print $x->bsstr();                    # 9e+0

🔣 NUMERIC LITERALS
After use Math::BigInt ':constant' all numeric literals in the given scope are converted to Math::BigInt objects.

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⚡ PERFORMANCE
Using the form $x += $y; etc over $x = $x + $y is faster, since a copy of $x must be made in the second case. …

🧬 SUBCLASSING
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📈 UPGRADING
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📦 EXPORTS
Math::BigInt exports nothing by default, but can export the following methods: bgcd, blcm.

⚠️ CAVEATS

Comparing numbers as strings: …
int(): …
Modifying and =: …
Overloading -$x: …
Mixing different object types: …


🐛 BUGS
Please report bugs to bug-math-bigint at rt.cpan.org.

🛟 SUPPORT

GitHub: https://github.com/pjacklam/p5-Math-BigInt
RT: https://rt.cpan.org/…
MetaCPAN: https://metacpan.org/…


📜 LICENSE
This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

🔍 SEE ALSO
Math::BigFloat, Math::BigRat, Math::BigInt::FastCalc, Math::BigInt::GMP, Math::BigInt::Pari.

✍️ AUTHORS

Mark Biggar, overloaded interface by Ilya Zakharevich, 1996-2001.
Completely rewritten by Tels, 2001-2008.
Florian Ragwitz, 2010.
Peter John Acklam, 2011-.