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Big numbers library in c++


I'm doing a project which requires really big numbers, up to 100 digits. I have read that java supports big integers (java.Math.BigInteger), and I want to know if there is something like that in C++. So, here is my question: Is there a standard or non-standard c++ library which implements big integers?

Note: If there is no standard implementation for big integers, I would like a simple non-standard. Thanks in advance.


Solution

  • The GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library does what you want http://gmplib.org/

    Gnu MP is a C library but it has a C++ class Interface and if you are interested only in big integers, you may just deal with mpz_class. Look at the sample below which I took from the page C++ Interface General

     int main (void)
     {
       mpz_class a, b, c;
    
       a = 1234;
       b = "-5678";
       c = a+b;
       cout << "sum is " << c << "\n";
       cout << "absolute value is " << abs(c) << "\n";
    
       return 0;
     }