BiggerNumberMBS class
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BiggerNumberMBS class
The class for a big number.
Example
// speed of light in m/s Dim SpeedOfLight As New BiggerNumberMBS("299792458" )// seconds per day Dim SecondsPerDay As New BiggerNumberMBS(24 * 3600 )Dim DaysPerYear As New BiggerNumberMBS(365.25 )Dim LightYear As BiggerNumberMBS = SpeedOfLight * DaysPerYear * SecondsPerDay MsgBox LightYear.StringValue+" meter per light year" // 9.460.730.472.580.800 matches number from Wikipedia Dim AgeOfUniversum As New BiggerNumberMBS(13810000000 )Dim MaxDistance As BiggerNumberMBS = LightYear * AgeOfUniversum MsgBox MaxDistance.GetStringValue(10 , False , 100 , 3 , True )+" meter maximum"
This is floating point number with 320 bits in BigNumber and 2560 bits in BiggerNumber class.
Precision is about 77 digits dot for the smaller one and 617 for the bigger one.
So use first for speed and second for precision.
So if you want to store currency or other values where rounding should not happen, better store values multiplied, e.g. in cents.
Compared to normal double values, you have 5 times the bits.
And we check for math errors and raise exceptions if something goes wrong.
See LargeNumberMBS for a 4128 bit integer number, about 1200 digits in length.
15 properties
54 methods
method Abs as BiggerNumberMBS
method Add (other as BiggerNumberMBS, round as boolean = true) as BiggerNumberMBS
method BitAnd (other as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
method BitOr (other as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
method BitXOr (other as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
method Ceil as BiggerNumberMBS
method Constructor
method Constructor (other as BiggerNumberMBS)
method Constructor (value as Currency)
method Constructor (value as Double)
method Constructor (value as Int32)
method Constructor (value as Int64)
method Constructor (value as Single)
method Constructor (value as String)
method Constructor (value as UInt32)
method Constructor (value as UInt64)
method Divide (other as BiggerNumberMBS, round as boolean = true) as BiggerNumberMBS
method Equals (other as BiggerNumberMBS) as Boolean
method Floor as BiggerNumberMBS
method Frac as BiggerNumberMBS
method GetStringValue (Base as Integer = 10, scientific as boolean = false, scientificFrom as Integer = 15, round as Integer = -1, TrimZeros as Boolean = true, comma as String = ".") as String
method GetStringValue (Conversion as BigNumberConversionMBS ) as String New in 24.0
method Modulate (other as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
method Modulate2 as Integer
method Multiply (other as BiggerNumberMBS, round as boolean = true) as BiggerNumberMBS
method Multiply (value as Integer) as BiggerNumberMBS
method Multiply (value as UInt32) as BiggerNumberMBS
method Negate as BiggerNumberMBS
method Operator_Add (other as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
method Operator_AddRight (other as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
method Operator_Compare (other as BiggerNumberMBS) as Integer
method Operator_Convert as String
method Operator_Convert (value as String)
method Operator_Divide (other as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
method Operator_DivideRight (other as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
method Operator_IntegerDivide (other as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
method Operator_IntegerDivideRight (other as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
method Operator_Modulo (other as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
method Operator_ModuloRight (other as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
method Operator_Multiply (other as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
method Operator_MultiplyRight (other as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
method Operator_Negate as BiggerNumberMBS
method Operator_Power (other as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
method Operator_PowerRight (other as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
method Operator_Subtract (other as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
method Operator_SubtractRight (other as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
method Pow (other as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
method Round as BiggerNumberMBS
method SetStringValue (Text As String, Base as Integer, byref AfterText as String, Byref ValueRead as boolean)
method SetStringValue (Text As String, Conversion as BigNumberConversionMBS ) New in 24.0
method SetStringValue (Text As String, Conversion as BigNumberConversionMBS , byref AfterText as String, Byref ValueRead as boolean) New in 24.0
method SkipFraction as BiggerNumberMBS
method Sqrt as BiggerNumberMBS
method Subtract (other as BiggerNumberMBS, round as boolean = true) as BiggerNumberMBS
55 shared methods
shared method Abs (value as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method ACos (value as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method ACosh (value as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method ACot (value as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method ACoth (value as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method ASin (value as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method ASinh (value as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method ATan (value as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method ATanh (value as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method Cos (value as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method Cosh (value as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method Cot (value as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method Coth (value as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method DegToDeg (d as BiggerNumberMBS, m as BiggerNumberMBS, s as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method DegToGrad (d as BiggerNumberMBS, m as BiggerNumberMBS, s as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method DegToGrad (value as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method DegToRad (d as BiggerNumberMBS, m as BiggerNumberMBS, s as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method DegToRad (value as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method E as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method Exp (value as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method GradToDeg (value as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method GradToRad (value as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method HalfPi as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method LibTypeStr as String
shared method Ln (value as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method Ln10 as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method Ln2 as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method Log (value as BiggerNumberMBS, base as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method Max as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method Min as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method Nan as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method NumberWithCurrency (value as Currency) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method NumberWithDouble (value as Double) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method NumberWithInt32 (value as Int32) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method NumberWithInt64 (value as Int64) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method NumberWithInteger (value as Integer) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method NumberWithSingle (value as single) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method NumberWithString (value as String) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method NumberWithUInt32 (value as UInt32) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method NumberWithUInt64 (value as UInt64) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method NumberWithUInteger (value as UInteger) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method NumberWithVariant (value as Variant) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method One as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method Pi as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method RadToDeg (value as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method RadToGrad (value as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method Rand as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method Root (value as BiggerNumberMBS, index as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method Sgn (value as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method Sin (value as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method Sinh (value as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method Tan (value as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method Tanh (value as BiggerNumberMBS) as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method TwoPi as BiggerNumberMBS
shared method Zero as BiggerNumberMBS
This class has no sub classes.
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Release notes
Version 21.1
Added BiggerNumberMBS to have 2560 bit floating point number for even bigger range and precision. 512 bit exponent and 2048 bit fraction.
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