Storing large value

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How can we store a large value like 2^999 in C Language?

Posted 18-Sep-10 6:29am

Updated 18-Sep-10 6:55am

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Richard MacCutchan 18-Sep-10 15:52pm

Use a float or double.

Emilio Garavaglia 19-Sep-10 2:45am

You should also specify how much precision do you need.
To represent THAT sole single value, 1 bit is sufficient.

Ajay Vijayvargiya 27-Sep-10 14:58pm

Funny answer: int n = 2^999; is valid!
Serious question: Why do you need that?

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Paul Michalik · Answer 1 · 2010-09-18T23:52:00

A safe way is to use a decent big integer c++ library, just go and google.

Posted 18-Sep-10 23:52pm

Updated 22-Sep-10 12:06pm

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Sandeep Mewara · Answer 2 · 2010-09-18T06:58:00

What about using a Linked List !?

Posted 18-Sep-10 6:58am