Class Gmp.mpz
- Description
Gmp.mpz implements very large integers. In fact, the only limitation on these integers is the available memory. The mpz object implements all the normal integer operations.
Note that the auto-bignum feature also makes these operations available "in" normal integers. For instance, to calculate the greatest common divisor between
51
and85
, you can do51->gcd(85)
.
- Method create
Gmp.mpz Gmp.mpz()
Gmp.mpz Gmp.mpz(string|int|float|object value)
Gmp.mpz Gmp.mpz(string value, int(2..36)|int(256..256) base)- Description
Create and initialize a Gmp.mpz object.
- Parameter value
Initial value. If no value is specified, the object will be initialized to zero.
- Parameter base
Base the value is specified in. The default base is base 10. The base can be either a value in the range [2..36] (inclusive), in which case the numbers are taken from the ASCII range 0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ (case-insensitive), or the value 256, in which case value is taken to be the binary representation in network byte order.
Values in base [2..36] can be prefixed with
"+"
or"-"
. Values prefixed with"0b"
or"0B"
will be interpreted as binary. Values prefixed with"0x"
or"0X"
will be interpreted as hexadecimal. Values prefixed with"0"
will be interpreted as octal.- Note
Leading zeroes in value are not significant when a base is explicitly given. In particular leading NUL characters are not preserved in base 256 mode.