bignum {openssl} | R Documentation

## Big number arithmetic

### Description

Basic operations for working with large integers. The `bignum` function converts a positive integer, string or raw vector into a bignum type. All basic Arithmetic and Comparison operators such as `+`, `-`, `*`, `^`, `%%`, `%/%`, `==`, `!=`, `<`, `<=`, `>` and `>=` are implemented for bignum objects. The Modular exponent (`a^b %% m`) can be calculated using `bignum_mod_exp` when `b` is too large for calculating `a^b` directly.

### Usage

    bignum(x, hex = FALSE)

    bignum_mod_exp(a, b, m)

    bignum_mod_inv(a, m)

### Arguments

`x` | an integer, string (hex or dec) or raw vector
`hex` | set to TRUE to parse strings as hex rather than decimal notation
`a` | bignum value for `(a^b %% m)`
`b` | bignum value for `(a^b %% m)`
`m` | bignum value for `(a^b %% m)`

### Examples

    # create a bignum
    x <- bignum(123L)
    y <- bignum("123456789123456789")
    z <- bignum("D41D8CD98F00B204E9800998ECF8427E", hex = TRUE)

    # Basic arithmetic
    div <- z %/% y
    mod <- z %% y
    z2 <- div * y + mod
    stopifnot(z2 == z)
    stopifnot(div < z)

[Package openssl version 0.9.7 Index]