Math::BigRat - arbitrarily big rationals

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This is equivalent to saying:</p> <pre><code>use Math::BigRat lib => 'Calc';</code></pre> <p>You can change this by using:</p> <pre><code>use Math::BigRat lib => 'BitVect';</code></pre> <p>The following would first try to find Math::BigInt::Foo, then Math::BigInt::Bar, and when this also fails, revert to Math::BigInt::Calc:</p> <pre><code>use Math::BigRat lib => 'Foo,Math::BigInt::Bar';</code></pre> <p>Calc.pm uses as internal format an array of elements of some decimal base (usually 1e7, but this might be different for some systems) with the least significant digit first, while BitVect.pm uses a bit vector of base 2, most significant bit first. Other modules might use even different means of representing the numbers. See the respective module documentation for further details.</p> <p>Currently the following replacement libraries exist, search for them at CPAN:</p> <pre><code class="plaintext">Math::BigInt::BitVect Math::BigInt::GMP Math::BigInt::Pari Math::BigInt::FastCalc</code></pre> <h1 id="METHODS"><a class="permalink" href="#METHODS">#</a>METHODS</h1> <p>Any methods not listed here are dervied from Math::BigFloat (or Math::BigInt), so make sure you check these two modules for further information.</p> <h2 id="new()"><a class="permalink" href="#new()">#</a><a id="new"></a>new()</h2> <pre><code>$x = Math::BigRat->new('1/3');</code></pre> <p>Create a new Math::BigRat object. Input can come in various forms:</p> <pre><code>$x = Math::BigRat->new(123); # scalars $x = Math::BigRat->new('123.3'); # float $x = Math::BigRat->new('1/3'); # simple string $x = Math::BigRat->new('1 / 3'); # spaced $x = Math::BigRat->new('1 / 0.1'); # w/ floats $x = Math::BigRat->new(Math::BigInt->new(3)); # BigInt $x = Math::BigRat->new(Math::BigFloat->new('3.1')); # BigFloat $x = Math::BigRat->new(Math::BigInt::Lite->new('2')); # BigLite</code></pre> <h2 id="numerator()"><a class="permalink" href="#numerator()">#</a><a id="numerator"></a>numerator()</h2> <pre><code>$n = $x->numerator();</code></pre> <p>Returns a copy of the numerator (the part above the line) as signed BigInt.</p> <h2 id="denominator()"><a class="permalink" href="#denominator()">#</a><a id="denominator"></a>denominator()</h2> <pre><code>$d = $x->denominator();</code></pre> <p>Returns a copy of the denominator (the part under the line) as positive BigInt.</p> <h2 id="parts()"><a class="permalink" href="#parts()">#</a><a id="parts"></a>parts()</h2> <pre><code>($n,$d) = $x->parts();</code></pre> <p>Return a list consisting of (signed) numerator and (unsigned) denominator as BigInts.</p> <h2 id="as_number()"><a class="permalink" href="#as_number()">#</a><a id="as_number"></a>as_number()</h2> <pre><code>$x = Math::BigRat->new('13/7'); print $x->as_number(),"\n"; # '1'</code></pre> <p>Returns a copy of the object as BigInt trunced it to integer.</p> <h2 id="bfac()"><a class="permalink" href="#bfac()">#</a><a id="bfac"></a>bfac()</h2> <pre><code>$x->bfac();</code></pre> <p>Calculates the factorial of $x. For instance:</p> <pre><code>print Math::BigRat->new('3/1')->bfac(),"\n"; # 1*2*3 print Math::BigRat->new('5/1')->bfac(),"\n"; # 1*2*3*4*5</code></pre> <p>Works currently only for integers.</p> <h2 id="blog()"><a class="permalink" href="#blog()">#</a><a id="blog"></a>blog()</h2> <p>Is not yet implemented.</p> <h2 id="bround()/round()/bfround()"><a class="permalink" href="#bround()/round()/bfround()">#</a><a id="bround"></a><a id="bround-round-bfround"></a>bround()/round()/bfround()</h2> <p>Are not yet implemented.</p> <h2 id="bmod()"><a class="permalink" href="#bmod()">#</a><a id="bmod"></a>bmod()</h2> <pre><code>use Math::BigRat; my $x = Math::BigRat->new('7/4'); my $y = Math::BigRat->new('4/3'); print $x->bmod($y);</code></pre> <p>Set $x to the remainder of the division of $x by $y.</p> <h2 id="is_one()"><a class="permalink" href="#is_one()">#</a><a id="is_one"></a>is_one()</h2> <pre><code>print "$x is 1\n" if $x->is_one();</code></pre> <p>Return true if $x is exactly one, otherwise false.</p> <h2 id="is_zero()"><a class="permalink" href="#is_zero()">#</a><a id="is_zero"></a>is_zero()</h2> <pre><code>print "$x is 0\n" if $x->is_zero();</code></pre> <p>Return true if $x is exactly zero, otherwise false.</p> <h2 id="is_positive()"><a class="permalink" href="#is_positive()">#</a><a id="is_positive"></a>is_positive()</h2> <pre><code>print "$x is >= 0\n" if $x->is_positive();</code></pre> <p>Return true if $x is positive (greater than or equal to zero), otherwise false. Please note that '+inf' is also positive, while 'NaN' and '-inf' aren't.</p> <h2 id="is_negative()"><a class="permalink" href="#is_negative()">#</a><a id="is_negative"></a>is_negative()</h2> <pre><code>print "$x is < 0\n" if $x->is_negative();</code></pre> <p>Return true if $x is negative (smaller than zero), otherwise false. Please note that '-inf' is also negative, while 'NaN' and '+inf' aren't.</p> <h2 id="is_int()"><a class="permalink" href="#is_int()">#</a><a id="is_int"></a>is_int()</h2> <pre><code>print "$x is an integer\n" if $x->is_int();</code></pre> <p>Return true if $x has a denominator of 1 (e.g. no fraction parts), otherwise false. Please note that '-inf', 'inf' and 'NaN' aren't integer.</p> <h2 id="is_odd()"><a class="permalink" href="#is_odd()">#</a><a id="is_odd"></a>is_odd()</h2> <pre><code>print "$x is odd\n" if $x->is_odd();</code></pre> <p>Return true if $x is odd, otherwise false.</p> <h2 id="is_even()"><a class="permalink" href="#is_even()">#</a><a id="is_even"></a>is_even()</h2> <pre><code>print "$x is even\n" if $x->is_even();</code></pre> <p>Return true if $x is even, otherwise false.</p> <h2 id="bceil()"><a class="permalink" href="#bceil()">#</a><a id="bceil"></a>bceil()</h2> <pre><code>$x->bceil();</code></pre> <p>Set $x to the next bigger integer value (e.g. truncate the number to integer and then increment it by one).</p> <h2 id="bfloor()"><a class="permalink" href="#bfloor()">#</a><a id="bfloor"></a>bfloor()</h2> <pre><code>$x->bfloor();</code></pre> <p>Truncate $x to an integer value.</p> <h2 id="config"><a class="permalink" href="#config">#</a>config</h2> <pre><code>use Data::Dumper; print Dumper ( Math::BigRat->config() ); print Math::BigRat->config()->{lib},"\n";</code></pre> <p>Returns a hash containing the configuration, e.g. the version number, lib loaded etc. The following hash keys are currently filled in with the appropriate information.</p> <pre><code class="plaintext">key RO/RW Description Example ============================================================ lib RO Name of the Math library Math::BigInt::Calc lib_version RO Version of 'lib' 0.30 class RO The class of config you just called Math::BigRat version RO version number of the class you used 0.10 upgrade RW To which class numbers are upgraded undef downgrade RW To which class numbers are downgraded undef precision RW Global precision undef accuracy RW Global accuracy undef round_mode RW Global round mode even div_scale RW Fallback acccuracy for div 40 trap_nan RW Trap creation of NaN (undef = no) undef trap_inf RW Trap creation of +inf/-inf (undef = no) undef</code></pre> <p>By passing a reference to a hash you may set the configuration values. This works only for values that a marked with a <code>RW</code> above, anything else is read-only.</p> <h1 id="BUGS"><a class="permalink" href="#BUGS">#</a>BUGS</h1> <p>Some things are not yet implemented, or only implemented half-way:</p> <dl> <dt id="inf-handling-(partial)"><a class="permalink" href="#inf-handling-(partial)">#</a><a id="inf"></a><a id="inf-handling-partial"></a>inf handling (partial)</dt> <dd> </dd> <dt id="NaN-handling-(partial)"><a class="permalink" href="#NaN-handling-(partial)">#</a><a id="NaN"></a><a id="NaN-handling-partial"></a>NaN handling (partial)</dt> <dd> </dd> <dt id="rounding-(not-implemented-except-for-bceil/bfloor)"><a class="permalink" href="#rounding-(not-implemented-except-for-bceil/bfloor)">#</a><a id="rounding"></a><a id="rounding-not-implemented-except-for-bceil-bfloor"></a>rounding (not implemented except for bceil/bfloor)</dt> <dd> </dd> <dt id="$x-**-$y-where-$y-is-not-an-integer"><a class="permalink" href="#$x-**-$y-where-$y-is-not-an-integer">#</a><a id="x-y-where-y-is-not-an-integer"></a>$x ** $y where $y is not an integer</dt> <dd> </dd> </dl> <h1 id="LICENSE"><a class="permalink" href="#LICENSE">#</a>LICENSE</h1> <p>This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.</p> <h1 id="SEE-ALSO"><a class="permalink" href="#SEE-ALSO">#</a><a id="SEE"></a>SEE ALSO</h1> <p><a href="/5.8.3/Math::BigFloat">Math::BigFloat</a> and <a href="/5.8.3/Math::Big">Math::Big</a> as well as <a href="/5.8.3/Math::BigInt::BitVect">Math::BigInt::BitVect</a>, <a href="/5.8.3/Math::BigInt::Pari">Math::BigInt::Pari</a> and <a href="/5.8.3/Math::BigInt::GMP">Math::BigInt::GMP</a>.</p> <p>See <a href="http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=bignum">http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=bignum</a> for a way to use Math::BigRat.</p> <p>The package at <a href="http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=Math%3A%3ABigRat">http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=Math%3A%3ABigRat</a> may contain more documentation and examples as well as testcases.</p> <h1 id="AUTHORS"><a class="permalink" href="#AUTHORS">#</a>AUTHORS</h1> <p>(C) by Tels <a href="http://bloodgate.com/">http://bloodgate.com/</a> 2001-2002.</p> </div> <div id="footer"> <p>Perldoc Browser is maintained by Dan Book (<a href="https://metacpan.org/author/DBOOK">DBOOK</a>). 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