Many thanks, Sisyphus. I didn't think to look at and use the Math::BigInt package in conjunction with Math::BigFloat.
Cheers Geoff -----Original Message----- From: Sisyphus [mailto:sisyph...@optusnet.com.au] Sent: 02 July 2014 02:53 To: Geoff Horsnell; perl-win32-users@listserv.activestate.com Subject: Re: Request for more functionality in Math::BigFloat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Horsnell" <ge...@horsnell.freeserve.co.uk> To: <perl-win32-users@listserv.activestate.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2014 12:34 AM Subject: Request for more functionality in Math::BigFloat > Has anyone extended the Math::BigFloat package to include such niceties as > the INT function, or remaindering? I need to be able to do some large > calculations and those two functions would be very useful additions to the > Math::BigFloat package I think the functionality you seek is already there: ############################# #!perl -l use strict; use warnings; use Math::BigFloat; use Math::BigInt; my $str = ('987' x 12) . '.123'; my $f = Math::BigFloat->new($str); print $f; print int($f); my $i = Math::BigInt->new('654' x 12); print $i; print $i % 1000; __END__ Outputs: 987987987987987987987987987987987987.123 987987987987987987987987987987987987 654654654654654654654654654654654654 654 ############################# Cheers, Rob _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
