Update(2019-08-19): BigInt is now part of Firefox and Chrome; you no longer need a library: const bigInt1 = 1111111111111111111111111111111n; const bigInt2 = BigInt(“1111111111111111111111111111111″) console.log((bigInt1 + bigInt2)+””) Original answer: If you need arbitrary-precision decimal numbers, use Javascript-bignum, as it is correct and fast.
For some reason, there are two standard libraries in PHP handling the arbitrary length/precision numbers: BC Math and GMP. I personally prefer GMP, as it’s fresher and has richer API. Based on GMP I’ve implemented Decimal2 class for storing and processing currency amounts (like USD 100.25). A lot of mod calculations there w/o any problems. … Read more
A fun challenge. 🙂 I assume that you want integers of arbitrary length. I suggest the following approach: Consider the binary nature of the datatype “int”. Think about using simple binary operations to emulate what the circuits in your CPU do when they add things. In case you are interested more in-depth, consider reading this … Read more
It’s all a matter of adequate storage and algorithms to treat numbers as smaller parts. Let’s assume you have a compiler in which an int can only be 0 through 99 and you want to handle numbers up to 999999 (we’ll only worry about positive numbers here to keep it simple). You do that by … Read more
“Integer” is an arbitrary precision type: it will hold any number no matter how big, up to the limit of your machine’s memory…. This means you never have arithmetic overflows. On the other hand it also means your arithmetic is relatively slow. Lisp users may recognise the “bignum” type here. “Int” is the more common … Read more