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C Library Functions  - M_big_integer (3)

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NAME

M_big_integer(3fm) - [M_big_integer] define new data type BIG_INTEGER and operators

CONTENTS

Synopsis
Description
Author
Example

SYNOPSIS

use M_big_integer

DESCRIPTION

The module named BIG_INTEGERS defines a new data type BIG_INTEGER. This data type represents nonnegative integers up to 10**n - 1, where n is the parameter (named constant) NR_OF_DECIMAL_DIGITS. This value may be changed, but the module must then be recompiled (it is not dynamic).

The following operations are implemented. "b" represents a big integer, "c" a character string, and "i" an ordinary integer.

     big (i)
     big (c)
     int (b)
     int (c)
     char (b)
     char (i)

     b = i
     b = c
     i = b
     i = c
     c = b
     c = i

     b ? i, i ? b, and b ? b, where ? is
       +, -, *, /,
       <, <=, >, >=, ==, or /=

     b ** i

     modulo (b, i)  [result is integer]
     modulo (i, b)  [result is big_integer]
     modulo (b, b)  [result is big_integer]

     huge (b)
     sqrt (b)

     call print_big (b)
     call random_number (b, low, high)

Many operations of the form b ? i, where i < base, are implemented to be efficient as special cases.

AUTHOR

Copyright (c) 1993-2002 Unicomp, Inc.

Developed at Unicomp, Inc.

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software is freely granted, provided that this notice is preserved.

EXAMPLE

Sample program:

   program demo_M_big_integer
   use M_big_integer
   type(big_integer) :: a, b
   a = "1234567890"
   b = a ** 34
   call print_big(b)
   end program demo_M_big_integer

Expected output:

   18044389448552283571495419217299928002884571753268277623634094010253\
   66981452225691084844631888351415012575687866144963748904906312371105\
   80592001682129147574651845715171456148359301092015447205623057495772\
   65956402721330118223207623859033190068180607802717874097649095503332\
   13108684548203091283587744857909677706830329440243525585391247886790\
   67434454263656340662912379366253271751953736731074819372491000795297\
   39485301010583702548434613939308992953505848626082883004863432319153\
   74851257117575530170864942620865071745761606428864154243365627850016\
   44174485982226421972489721110767356064962137106505728778418700556641\
   02307658653980050645991117790555490389944390204219987434165392204913\
   97208851608204247050595317024494964141522065839042524403351250735123\
   55264351679192059781951740756716496372272101373104569806788535169770\
   01992757833390412200073266324230837178629444544469456556334359024793\
   85520866582032929720704074267136863063443220583328656131024989866204\
   73134625473086906778038872631750464721441869000000000000000000000000\
   00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
   0000000000000000000000000000000

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Nemo Release 3.1

M_big_integer (3)

February 23, 2025

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