basic calculations with very large numbers

[mj]

What is the easiest way to do basic arithmetic operations with numbers
that exceed the 32bit size. eg.: 200digits_numbe r + 200digits_numbe r

thanx ,
martin

[Mike Wahler]

Re: basic calculations with very large numbers


mj <e9625481@stud3 .tuwien.ac.at> wrote in message
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> What is the easiest way to do basic arithmetic operations with numbers
> that exceed the 32bit size. eg.: 200digits_numbe r + 200digits_numbe r[/color]

Get a library that does it.

https://www.google.com

-Mike

[Thomas Matthews]

Re: basic calculations with very large numbers

mj wrote:
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> What is the easiest way to do basic arithmetic operations with numbers
> that exceed the 32bit size. eg.: 200digits_numbe r + 200digits_numbe r
>
> thanx ,
> martin
>[/color]

I've used the GMP and Openssl/Crypto/Big Number library.
I recommend the Big Number library.


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