Re: [fpc-pascal] representation of a number

2007-04-01 Thread Marco van de Voort
> On 4/1/07, Marco van de Voort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Keep in mind that the extended type has limited precision. It can contain > > large values, but does so by only "remembering" the upper +/- 18 digits, > > sign and exponent. > > > > OK, i will work on that You could search for the

Re: [fpc-pascal] representation of a number

2007-04-01 Thread Daniel Franzini
On 4/1/07, Marco van de Voort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Keep in mind that the extended type has limited precision. It can contain large values, but does so by only "remembering" the upper +/- 18 digits, sign and exponent. OK, i will work on that If it is a content, I think they want you t

Re: [fpc-pascal] representation of a number

2007-04-01 Thread Marco van de Voort
> I'm having some fun solving some programming problems in SPOJ > (www.spoj.pl, very very cool, check it out). The thing is that is need > to calculate some big fatorials (~100!). With FPC and the standard > integer types I was unable to perform the correct calculations because > 100! is bigger tha

[fpc-pascal] representation of a number

2007-04-01 Thread Daniel Franzini
Hi all I'm having some fun solving some programming problems in SPOJ (www.spoj.pl, very very cool, check it out). The thing is that is need to calculate some big fatorials (~100!). With FPC and the standard integer types I was unable to perform the correct calculations because 100! is bigger than