How to handle huge numbers

pwseo 2010-03-24 16:20:06 UTC #1

Hello,

I'm starting to program on my own, and I've somewhat hit a wall with JULKA because I don't know how to do arithmetic with big numbers...
I've tried googling for something but information is either scarce or too technical... Some people mentioned this is a common subject in many beginner computer programming courses... So, my request is the following: can anyone point me in the right direction? (links to course material or things like that).
I'd really like to learn how to do it, but i'm not a comp. science student nor do I study anything in anyway related to programming (it's just a hobby)

Thanks in advance

leppyr64 2010-03-24 16:46:27 UTC #2

If you're coding this in C++, then you need to do it the way that you did in grade school.

Get out your pencil and paper, and work yourself an algorithm.

pwseo 2010-03-24 16:48:27 UTC #3

But isn't that a bit inneficient? I mean, shouldn't it faster if there was a way to store them in binary? Also, i'm using plain C

leppyr64 2010-03-24 16:56:23 UTC #4

C, C++, same thing...

The data types in C aren't large enough to work with numbers that large.

Technically, once you get going, this will be faster and more efficient than binary if you use larger bases.

Start in decimal until you get it working though.

pwseo 2010-03-24 16:58:49 UTC #5

Ok, i'll try that then

If somebody has links on this subject send them anyway