Math::BigFloat(3)

NAME
Math::BigFloat - Arbitrary length float math package

SYNOPSIS

  use Math::BigFloat;
  $f = Math::BigFloat->new($string);
  $f->fadd(NSTR) return NSTR            addition
  $f->fsub(NSTR) return NSTR            subtraction
  $f->fmul(NSTR) return NSTR            multiplication
  $f->fdiv(NSTR[,SCALE]) returns NSTR   division to SCALE places
  $f->fneg() return NSTR                negation
  $f->fabs() return NSTR                absolute value
  $f->fcmp(NSTR) return CODE            compare undef,<0,=0,>0
  $f->fround(SCALE) return NSTR         round to SCALE digits
  $f->ffround(SCALE) return NSTR        round at SCALEth place
  $f->fnorm() return (NSTR)             normalize
  $f->fsqrt([SCALE]) return NSTR        sqrt to SCALE places

DESCRIPTION
All basic math operations are overloaded if you declare your big floats as

    $float = new Math::BigFloat "2.123123123123123123123123123123123";

number format
    canonical strings have the form /[+-]\d+E[+-]\d+/ . Input values can have imbedded whitespace.

Error returns 'NaN'
    An input parameter was "Not a Number" or divide by zero or sqrt of negative number.

Division is computed to
    max($div_scale,length(dividend)+length(divisor)) digits by default. Also used for default sqrt scale.

BUGS
The current version of this module is a preliminary version of the real thing that is currently (as of perl5.002) under development.

AUTHOR
Mark Biggar