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perl 4.0 patch 35: (combined patch)
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1package bigfloat;
2require "bigint.pl";
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3# Arbitrary length float math package
4#
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5# by Mark Biggar
6#
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7# number format
8# canonical strings have the form /[+-]\d+E[+-]\d+/
9# Input values can have inbedded whitespace
10# Error returns
11# 'NaN' An input parameter was "Not a Number" or
12# divide by zero or sqrt of negative number
13# Division is computed to
14# max($div_scale,length(dividend).length(divisor))
15# digits by default.
16# Also used for default sqrt scale
17
18$div_scale = 40;
19
20# Rounding modes one of 'even', 'odd', '+inf', '-inf', 'zero' or 'trunc'.
21
22$rnd_mode = 'even';
23
24# bigfloat routines
25#
26# fadd(NSTR, NSTR) return NSTR addition
27# fsub(NSTR, NSTR) return NSTR subtraction
28# fmul(NSTR, NSTR) return NSTR multiplication
29# fdiv(NSTR, NSTR[,SCALE]) returns NSTR division to SCALE places
30# fneg(NSTR) return NSTR negation
31# fabs(NSTR) return NSTR absolute value
32# fcmp(NSTR,NSTR) return CODE compare undef,<0,=0,>0
33# fround(NSTR, SCALE) return NSTR round to SCALE digits
34# ffround(NSTR, SCALE) return NSTR round at SCALEth place
35# fnorm(NSTR) return (NSTR) normalize
36# fsqrt(NSTR[, SCALE]) return NSTR sqrt to SCALE places
37\f
38# Convert a number to canonical string form.
39# Takes something that looks like a number and converts it to
40# the form /^[+-]\d+E[+-]\d+$/.
41sub main'fnorm { #(string) return fnum_str
42 local($_) = @_;
43 s/\s+//g; # strip white space
44 if (/^([+-]?)(\d*)(\.(\d*))?([Ee]([+-]?\d+))?$/ && "$2$4" ne '') {
45 &norm(($1 ? "$1$2$4" : "+$2$4"),(($4 ne '') ? $6-length($4) : $6));
46 } else {
47 'NaN';
48 }
49}
50
51# normalize number -- for internal use
52sub norm { #(mantissa, exponent) return fnum_str
53 local($_, $exp) = @_;
54 if ($_ eq 'NaN') {
55 'NaN';
56 } else {
57 s/^([+-])0+/$1/; # strip leading zeros
58 if (length($_) == 1) {
59 '+0E+0';
60 } else {
61 $exp += length($1) if (s/(0+)$//); # strip trailing zeros
62 sprintf("%sE%+ld", $_, $exp);
63 }
64 }
65}
66
67# negation
68sub main'fneg { #(fnum_str) return fnum_str
69 local($_) = &'fnorm($_[0]);
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70 vec($_,0,8) =^ ord('+') ^ ord('-') unless $_ eq '+0E+0'; # flip sign
71 s/^H/N/;
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72 $_;
73}
74
75# absolute value
76sub main'fabs { #(fnum_str) return fnum_str
77 local($_) = &'fnorm($_[0]);
68decaef 78 s/^-/+/; # mash sign
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79 $_;
80}
81
82# multiplication
83sub main'fmul { #(fnum_str, fnum_str) return fnum_str
84 local($x,$y) = (&'fnorm($_[0]),&'fnorm($_[1]));
85 if ($x eq 'NaN' || $y eq 'NaN') {
86 'NaN';
87 } else {
88 local($xm,$xe) = split('E',$x);
89 local($ym,$ye) = split('E',$y);
90 &norm(&'bmul($xm,$ym),$xe+$ye);
91 }
92}
93\f
94# addition
95sub main'fadd { #(fnum_str, fnum_str) return fnum_str
96 local($x,$y) = (&'fnorm($_[0]),&'fnorm($_[1]));
97 if ($x eq 'NaN' || $y eq 'NaN') {
98 'NaN';
99 } else {
100 local($xm,$xe) = split('E',$x);
101 local($ym,$ye) = split('E',$y);
102 ($xm,$xe,$ym,$ye) = ($ym,$ye,$xm,$xe) if ($xe < $ye);
103 &norm(&'badd($ym,$xm.('0' x ($xe-$ye))),$ye);
104 }
105}
106
107# subtraction
108sub main'fsub { #(fnum_str, fnum_str) return fnum_str
109 &'fadd($_[0],&'fneg($_[1]));
110}
111
112# division
113# args are dividend, divisor, scale (optional)
114# result has at most max(scale, length(dividend), length(divisor)) digits
115sub main'fdiv #(fnum_str, fnum_str[,scale]) return fnum_str
116{
117 local($x,$y,$scale) = (&'fnorm($_[0]),&'fnorm($_[1]),$_[2]);
118 if ($x eq 'NaN' || $y eq 'NaN' || $y eq '+0E+0') {
119 'NaN';
120 } else {
121 local($xm,$xe) = split('E',$x);
122 local($ym,$ye) = split('E',$y);
123 $scale = $div_scale if (!$scale);
124 $scale = length($xm)-1 if (length($xm)-1 > $scale);
125 $scale = length($ym)-1 if (length($ym)-1 > $scale);
126 $scale = $scale + length($ym) - length($xm);
127 &norm(&round(&'bdiv($xm.('0' x $scale),$ym),$ym),
128 $xe-$ye-$scale);
129 }
130}
131\f
132# round int $q based on fraction $r/$base using $rnd_mode
133sub round { #(int_str, int_str, int_str) return int_str
134 local($q,$r,$base) = @_;
135 if ($q eq 'NaN' || $r eq 'NaN') {
136 'NaN';
137 } elsif ($rnd_mode eq 'trunc') {
138 $q; # just truncate
139 } else {
140 local($cmp) = &'bcmp(&'bmul($r,'+2'),$base);
141 if ( $cmp < 0 ||
142 ($cmp == 0 &&
143 ( $rnd_mode eq 'zero' ||
144 ($rnd_mode eq '-inf' && (substr($q,0,1) eq '+')) ||
145 ($rnd_mode eq '+inf' && (substr($q,0,1) eq '-')) ||
146 ($rnd_mode eq 'even' && $q =~ /[24680]$/) ||
147 ($rnd_mode eq 'odd' && $q =~ /[13579]$/) )) ) {
148 $q; # round down
149 } else {
150 &'badd($q, ((substr($q,0,1) eq '-') ? '-1' : '+1'));
151 # round up
152 }
153 }
154}
155
156# round the mantissa of $x to $scale digits
157sub main'fround { #(fnum_str, scale) return fnum_str
158 local($x,$scale) = (&'fnorm($_[0]),$_[1]);
159 if ($x eq 'NaN' || $scale <= 0) {
160 $x;
161 } else {
162 local($xm,$xe) = split('E',$x);
163 if (length($xm)-1 <= $scale) {
164 $x;
165 } else {
166 &norm(&round(substr($xm,0,$scale+1),
167 "+0".substr($xm,$scale+1,1),"+10"),
168 $xe+length($xm)-$scale-1);
169 }
170 }
171}
172\f
173# round $x at the 10 to the $scale digit place
174sub main'ffround { #(fnum_str, scale) return fnum_str
175 local($x,$scale) = (&'fnorm($_[0]),$_[1]);
176 if ($x eq 'NaN') {
177 'NaN';
178 } else {
179 local($xm,$xe) = split('E',$x);
180 if ($xe >= $scale) {
181 $x;
182 } else {
183 $xe = length($xm)+$xe-$scale;
184 if ($xe < 1) {
185 '+0E+0';
186 } elsif ($xe == 1) {
187 &norm(&round('+0',"+0".substr($xm,1,1),"+10"), $scale);
188 } else {
189 &norm(&round(substr($xm,0,$trunc),
190 "+0".substr($xm,$trunc,1),"+10"), $scale);
191 }
192 }
193 }
194}
195
196# compare 2 values returns one of undef, <0, =0, >0
197# returns undef if either or both input value are not numbers
198sub main'fcmp #(fnum_str, fnum_str) return cond_code
199{
200 local($x, $y) = (&'fnorm($_[0]),&'fnorm($_[1]));
201 if ($x eq "NaN" || $y eq "NaN") {
202 undef;
5303340c 203 } else {
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204 ord($y) <=> ord($x)
205 ||
206 ( local($xm,$xe,$ym,$ye) = split('E', $x."E$y"),
207 (($xe <=> $ye) * (substr($x,0,1).'1')
208 || &bigint'cmp($xm,$ym))
209 );
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210 }
211}
212\f
213# square root by Newtons method.
214sub main'fsqrt { #(fnum_str[, scale]) return fnum_str
215 local($x, $scale) = (&'fnorm($_[0]), $_[1]);
216 if ($x eq 'NaN' || $x =~ /^-/) {
217 'NaN';
218 } elsif ($x eq '+0E+0') {
219 '+0E+0';
220 } else {
221 local($xm, $xe) = split('E',$x);
222 $scale = $div_scale if (!$scale);
223 $scale = length($xm)-1 if ($scale < length($xm)-1);
224 local($gs, $guess) = (1, sprintf("1E%+d", (length($xm)+$xe-1)/2));
225 while ($gs < 2*$scale) {
226 $guess = &'fmul(&'fadd($guess,&'fdiv($x,$guess,$gs*2)),".5");
227 $gs *= 2;
228 }
229 &'fround($guess, $scale);
230 }
231}
232
2331;