Let me be a little more specific. I want to take a BIG hex number and subtract 1 from it and print it out again. ie: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF -> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFE
-----Original Message----- From: Tanton Gibbs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 12:57 PM To: Nikola Janceski; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: how big can I make it? You can use the Math::BigInt module. perldoc Math::BigInt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nikola Janceski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 12:54 PM Subject: how big can I make it? > I want to store a really really big integer... like: > 184884258895036416 > in a varible and do a -- on it. > > how can I store such a number? and what's the limit? (this is on a Solaris > 2.6 machine). > > > Nikola Janceski > Summit Systems, Inc. > 212-896-3400 > > If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. > -- Albert Einstein (1879-1955) > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > -------------------- > The views and opinions expressed in this email message are the sender's > own, and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of Summit > Systems Inc. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- The views and opinions expressed in this email message are the sender's own, and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of Summit Systems Inc. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
