----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Dickey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 1:32 AM
Subject: Re: huge numbers
> viktoras wrote:
> >
> > Hi listers,
> >
> > I am looking for the shortest way to convert very long numbers (integers
> > e.g. 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
> > 999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 and
> > longer...) to their binary representation ?
> > unpack ("B*", pack("N", $number) ) produces the same string limited to
> > 32 bit representation (e.g. 11111111111111111111111111111111) for all
> > BIG numbers. How can I get the rest part of it ? What I am missing ?
>
> perldoc Math::BigInt
>
For something faster, use Bit::Vector - and for something faster again use
Math::GMP.
But so long as the numbers aren't too big, and so long as you don't have to
perform large numbers of conversions, Math::BigInt should be fine.
Cheers,
Rob
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