Transparent interface to Math::GMPq, Math::GMPz and Math::MPFR.
Math::BigNum provides a correct, intuitive and transparent interface to the GMP and MPFR numerical libraries.
use 5.014;
use Math::BigNum qw(:constant);
# Big numbers
say ((100->fac + 1) / 2);
# => 466631077219720763408496194281333502453579841321908107 \
# 342964819476087999966149578044707319880782591431268489 \
# 60413611879125592605458432000000000000000000000000.5
# Small numbers
say sqrt(1 / 100->fac); # => 1.035137811175626471320494591657[...]e-79
# Rational numbers
my $x = 2/3;
say $x*3; # => 2
say 2/$x; # => 3
say $x->as_frac; # => "2/3"
# Floating-point numbers
say "equal" if (1.1 + 2.2 == 3.3); # => "equal"To install this module, run the following commands:
perl Build.PL
./Build
./Build test
./Build install
After installing, you can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
perldoc Math::BigNum
You can also look for information at:
RT, CPAN's request tracker (report bugs here)
http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Math-BigNum
AnnoCPAN, Annotated CPAN documentation
http://annocpan.org/dist/Math-BigNum
CPAN Ratings
http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Math-BigNum
Search CPAN
http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-BigNum/
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