how to handle large numbers

zille · Post by **zille** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 10:25 pm

im some problems numbers are to be processed that cannot be stored in the variable with simple data types, e.g., volume 7 problem no. 748 how can these numbers be handled and processed

shamim · Post by **shamim** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 7:23 am

Well you need to store the numbers in a character array. Such numbers are more popularly known as BigInt. Almost all prgrammers have their predefined BigInt functions and classes.

Alessandro · Post by **Alessandro** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 8:59 pm

These numbers are also called BigNums. You must implement the operations all by yourself: for further information see "Programming Challenges" by Skiena-Revilla, chapter 5.