Re: Working with very large numbers.

[James Rogers <jimmaureenrogers@worldnet.att.net>]

Sounds like you want extended precision numbers. Look on the adapower
web site for a package enabling just such types.

Jim Rogers
Colorado Springs, Colorado USA

McDoobie wrote:
> 
> Alright...I know about long_integers and long_long_integers and all that.
> 
> What I'm trying to figure out is how do I work with numbers in which the
> standard supplied types are just too small? Specifically, how do I allocate
> storage dynamically based upon the size of the integer entered?
> 
> I was thinking about using something along the lines of ...
> 
> type big_ass_num;
> type biggie_ptr is access big_ass_num;
> 
> type big_ass_num is (s , (len)'value);
> 
> Big_Kahuna: biggie_ptr'(big_ass_num'Range(<>));
> Little_Kahuna: biggie_ptr'(big_ass_num'Range( Big_Kahuna > ... (<>));
> 
> Or some crazy crap along those lines.
> 
> Anyways, as you can tell, I havent quite got the gist of it yet.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> McDoobie
> chris@dont.spam.me