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1package bigfloat;
2require "bigint.pl";
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3#
4# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
5# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.
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6# This legacy library is deprecated and will be removed in a future
7# release of perl.
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8#
9# In particular, this should not be used as an example of modern Perl
10# programming techniques.
11#
12# Suggested alternative: Math::BigFloat
8e1a0ca7 13
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14# Arbitrary length float math package
15#
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16# by Mark Biggar
17#
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18# number format
19# canonical strings have the form /[+-]\d+E[+-]\d+/
5d7098d5 20# Input values can have embedded whitespace
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21# Error returns
22# 'NaN' An input parameter was "Not a Number" or
23# divide by zero or sqrt of negative number
24# Division is computed to
79072805 25# max($div_scale,length(dividend)+length(divisor))
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26# digits by default.
27# Also used for default sqrt scale
28
29$div_scale = 40;
30
31# Rounding modes one of 'even', 'odd', '+inf', '-inf', 'zero' or 'trunc'.
32
33$rnd_mode = 'even';
34
35# bigfloat routines
36#
37# fadd(NSTR, NSTR) return NSTR addition
38# fsub(NSTR, NSTR) return NSTR subtraction
39# fmul(NSTR, NSTR) return NSTR multiplication
40# fdiv(NSTR, NSTR[,SCALE]) returns NSTR division to SCALE places
41# fneg(NSTR) return NSTR negation
42# fabs(NSTR) return NSTR absolute value
43# fcmp(NSTR,NSTR) return CODE compare undef,<0,=0,>0
44# fround(NSTR, SCALE) return NSTR round to SCALE digits
45# ffround(NSTR, SCALE) return NSTR round at SCALEth place
46# fnorm(NSTR) return (NSTR) normalize
47# fsqrt(NSTR[, SCALE]) return NSTR sqrt to SCALE places
48\f
49# Convert a number to canonical string form.
50# Takes something that looks like a number and converts it to
51# the form /^[+-]\d+E[+-]\d+$/.
52sub main'fnorm { #(string) return fnum_str
53 local($_) = @_;
54 s/\s+//g; # strip white space
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55 if (/^([+-]?)(\d*)(\.(\d*))?([Ee]([+-]?\d+))?$/
56 && ($2 ne '' || defined($4))) {
57 my $x = defined($4) ? $4 : '';
58 &norm(($1 ? "$1$2$x" : "+$2$x"), (($x ne '') ? $6-length($x) : $6));
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59 } else {
60 'NaN';
61 }
62}
63
64# normalize number -- for internal use
65sub norm { #(mantissa, exponent) return fnum_str
66 local($_, $exp) = @_;
67 if ($_ eq 'NaN') {
68 'NaN';
69 } else {
70 s/^([+-])0+/$1/; # strip leading zeros
71 if (length($_) == 1) {
72 '+0E+0';
73 } else {
74 $exp += length($1) if (s/(0+)$//); # strip trailing zeros
75 sprintf("%sE%+ld", $_, $exp);
76 }
77 }
78}
79
80# negation
81sub main'fneg { #(fnum_str) return fnum_str
859172fe 82 local($_) = &'fnorm($_[0]);
e334a159 83 vec($_,0,8) ^= ord('+') ^ ord('-') unless $_ eq '+0E+0'; # flip sign
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84 if ( ord("\t") == 9 ) { # ascii
85 s/^H/N/;
86 }
87 else { # ebcdic character set
88 s/\373/N/;
89 }
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90 $_;
91}
92
93# absolute value
94sub main'fabs { #(fnum_str) return fnum_str
859172fe 95 local($_) = &'fnorm($_[0]);
68decaef 96 s/^-/+/; # mash sign
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97 $_;
98}
99
100# multiplication
101sub main'fmul { #(fnum_str, fnum_str) return fnum_str
859172fe 102 local($x,$y) = (&'fnorm($_[0]),&'fnorm($_[1]));
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103 if ($x eq 'NaN' || $y eq 'NaN') {
104 'NaN';
105 } else {
106 local($xm,$xe) = split('E',$x);
107 local($ym,$ye) = split('E',$y);
108 &norm(&'bmul($xm,$ym),$xe+$ye);
109 }
110}
111\f
112# addition
113sub main'fadd { #(fnum_str, fnum_str) return fnum_str
859172fe 114 local($x,$y) = (&'fnorm($_[0]),&'fnorm($_[1]));
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115 if ($x eq 'NaN' || $y eq 'NaN') {
116 'NaN';
117 } else {
118 local($xm,$xe) = split('E',$x);
119 local($ym,$ye) = split('E',$y);
120 ($xm,$xe,$ym,$ye) = ($ym,$ye,$xm,$xe) if ($xe < $ye);
121 &norm(&'badd($ym,$xm.('0' x ($xe-$ye))),$ye);
122 }
123}
124
125# subtraction
126sub main'fsub { #(fnum_str, fnum_str) return fnum_str
859172fe 127 &'fadd($_[0],&'fneg($_[1]));
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128}
129
130# division
131# args are dividend, divisor, scale (optional)
132# result has at most max(scale, length(dividend), length(divisor)) digits
133sub main'fdiv #(fnum_str, fnum_str[,scale]) return fnum_str
134{
859172fe 135 local($x,$y,$scale) = (&'fnorm($_[0]),&'fnorm($_[1]),$_[2]);
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136 if ($x eq 'NaN' || $y eq 'NaN' || $y eq '+0E+0') {
137 'NaN';
138 } else {
139 local($xm,$xe) = split('E',$x);
140 local($ym,$ye) = split('E',$y);
141 $scale = $div_scale if (!$scale);
142 $scale = length($xm)-1 if (length($xm)-1 > $scale);
143 $scale = length($ym)-1 if (length($ym)-1 > $scale);
144 $scale = $scale + length($ym) - length($xm);
5d7098d5 145 &norm(&round(&'bdiv($xm.('0' x $scale),$ym),&'babs($ym)),
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146 $xe-$ye-$scale);
147 }
148}
149\f
150# round int $q based on fraction $r/$base using $rnd_mode
151sub round { #(int_str, int_str, int_str) return int_str
152 local($q,$r,$base) = @_;
153 if ($q eq 'NaN' || $r eq 'NaN') {
154 'NaN';
155 } elsif ($rnd_mode eq 'trunc') {
156 $q; # just truncate
157 } else {
158 local($cmp) = &'bcmp(&'bmul($r,'+2'),$base);
159 if ( $cmp < 0 ||
160 ($cmp == 0 &&
161 ( $rnd_mode eq 'zero' ||
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162 ($rnd_mode eq '-inf' && (substr($q,0,1) eq '+')) ||
163 ($rnd_mode eq '+inf' && (substr($q,0,1) eq '-')) ||
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164 ($rnd_mode eq 'even' && $q =~ /[24680]$/) ||
165 ($rnd_mode eq 'odd' && $q =~ /[13579]$/) )) ) {
166 $q; # round down
167 } else {
859172fe 168 &'badd($q, ((substr($q,0,1) eq '-') ? '-1' : '+1'));
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169 # round up
170 }
171 }
172}
173
174# round the mantissa of $x to $scale digits
175sub main'fround { #(fnum_str, scale) return fnum_str
859172fe 176 local($x,$scale) = (&'fnorm($_[0]),$_[1]);
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177 if ($x eq 'NaN' || $scale <= 0) {
178 $x;
179 } else {
180 local($xm,$xe) = split('E',$x);
181 if (length($xm)-1 <= $scale) {
182 $x;
183 } else {
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184 &norm(&round(substr($xm,0,$scale+1),
185 "+0".substr($xm,$scale+1,1),"+10"),
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186 $xe+length($xm)-$scale-1);
187 }
188 }
189}
190\f
191# round $x at the 10 to the $scale digit place
192sub main'ffround { #(fnum_str, scale) return fnum_str
859172fe 193 local($x,$scale) = (&'fnorm($_[0]),$_[1]);
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194 if ($x eq 'NaN') {
195 'NaN';
196 } else {
197 local($xm,$xe) = split('E',$x);
198 if ($xe >= $scale) {
199 $x;
200 } else {
201 $xe = length($xm)+$xe-$scale;
202 if ($xe < 1) {
203 '+0E+0';
204 } elsif ($xe == 1) {
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205 # The first substr preserves the sign, which means that
206 # we'll pass a non-normalized "-0" to &round when rounding
207 # -0.006 (for example), purely so that &round won't lose
208 # the sign.
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209 &norm(&round(substr($xm,0,1).'0',
210 "+0".substr($xm,1,1),"+10"), $scale);
5303340c 211 } else {
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212 &norm(&round(substr($xm,0,$xe),
213 "+0".substr($xm,$xe,1),"+10"), $scale);
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214 }
215 }
216 }
217}
218
219# compare 2 values returns one of undef, <0, =0, >0
220# returns undef if either or both input value are not numbers
221sub main'fcmp #(fnum_str, fnum_str) return cond_code
222{
859172fe 223 local($x, $y) = (&'fnorm($_[0]),&'fnorm($_[1]));
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224 if ($x eq "NaN" || $y eq "NaN") {
225 undef;
5303340c 226 } else {
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227 ord($y) <=> ord($x)
228 ||
229 ( local($xm,$xe,$ym,$ye) = split('E', $x."E$y"),
859172fe 230 (($xe <=> $ye) * (substr($x,0,1).'1')
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231 || &bigint'cmp($xm,$ym))
232 );
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233 }
234}
235\f
236# square root by Newtons method.
237sub main'fsqrt { #(fnum_str[, scale]) return fnum_str
859172fe 238 local($x, $scale) = (&'fnorm($_[0]), $_[1]);
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239 if ($x eq 'NaN' || $x =~ /^-/) {
240 'NaN';
241 } elsif ($x eq '+0E+0') {
242 '+0E+0';
243 } else {
244 local($xm, $xe) = split('E',$x);
245 $scale = $div_scale if (!$scale);
246 $scale = length($xm)-1 if ($scale < length($xm)-1);
247 local($gs, $guess) = (1, sprintf("1E%+d", (length($xm)+$xe-1)/2));
248 while ($gs < 2*$scale) {
249 $guess = &'fmul(&'fadd($guess,&'fdiv($x,$guess,$gs*2)),".5");
250 $gs *= 2;
251 }
252 &'fround($guess, $scale);
253 }
254}
255
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