9x ^ 100
265613988875874769338781322035779626829233452653394495974574961739092490901302182994384699044001

   datatype x: 45
extended


Look up x: in the dictionary.


On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Ray Zhao <[email protected]> wrote:

> Subject: Is there a BigInteger equivalent in J?
>
>
> Hi, after seeing some questions that involve finding huge numbers (using
> BigInteger in C#, which can store "infinitely large" integers), I tried
> doing one in J but got unlimited:
> +/ (1+i.1000)^(1+i.1000)
> Obviously, it exceeds the range of double, but when I tried searching for a
> way to extend the range of integers in J, I found x: which seems to extend
> the precision, but not the range. Anyway, it carries with it its own
> problems (such as not extending 10^300 properly, probably from precision
> errors).
>
> As a result, I'm wondering whether J has its own "BigInteger" equivalent.
> Thanks in advance.
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