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class="keyword">module</span> Big_int: <code class="code"><span class="keyword">sig</span></code> <a href="Big_int.html">..</a> <code class="code"><span class="keyword">end</span></code></pre><div class="info module top"> Operations on arbitrary-precision integers. <p> Big integers (type <code class="code">big_int</code>) are signed integers of arbitrary size.<br> </div> <hr width="100%"> <pre><span id="TYPEbig_int"><span class="keyword">type</span> <code class="type"></code>big_int</span> </pre> <div class="info "> The type of big integers.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALzero_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> zero_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> The big integer <code class="code">0</code>.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALunit_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> unit_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> The big integer <code class="code">1</code>.<br> </div> <br> <h6 id="6_Arithmeticoperations">Arithmetic operations</h6><br> <pre><span id="VALminus_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> minus_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> Unary negation.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALabs_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> abs_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> Absolute value.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALadd_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> add_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> Addition.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALsucc_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> succ_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> Successor (add 1).<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALadd_int_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> add_int_big_int</span> : <code class="type">int -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> Addition of a small integer to a big integer.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALsub_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> sub_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> Subtraction.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALpred_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> pred_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> Predecessor (subtract 1).<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALmult_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> mult_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> Multiplication of two big integers.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALmult_int_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> mult_int_big_int</span> : <code class="type">int -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> Multiplication of a big integer by a small integer<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALsquare_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> square_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> Return the square of the given big integer<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALsqrt_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> sqrt_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> <code class="code">sqrt_big_int a</code> returns the integer square root of <code class="code">a</code>, that is, the largest big integer <code class="code">r</code> such that <code class="code">r * r <= a</code>. Raise <code class="code"><span class="constructor">Invalid_argument</span></code> if <code class="code">a</code> is negative.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALquomod_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> quomod_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> * <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> Euclidean division of two big integers. The first part of the result is the quotient, the second part is the remainder. Writing <code class="code">(q,r) = quomod_big_int a b</code>, we have <code class="code">a = q * b + r</code> and <code class="code">0 <= r < <span class="keywordsign">|</span>b<span class="keywordsign">|</span></code>. Raise <code class="code"><span class="constructor">Division_by_zero</span></code> if the divisor is zero.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALdiv_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> div_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> Euclidean quotient of two big integers. This is the first result <code class="code">q</code> of <code class="code">quomod_big_int</code> (see above).<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALmod_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> mod_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> Euclidean modulus of two big integers. This is the second result <code class="code">r</code> of <code class="code">quomod_big_int</code> (see above).<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALgcd_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> gcd_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> Greatest common divisor of two big integers.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALpower_int_positive_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> power_int_positive_int</span> : <code class="type">int -> int -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre> <pre><span id="VALpower_big_int_positive_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> power_big_int_positive_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> int -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre> <pre><span id="VALpower_int_positive_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> power_int_positive_big_int</span> : <code class="type">int -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre> <pre><span id="VALpower_big_int_positive_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> power_big_int_positive_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> Exponentiation functions. Return the big integer representing the first argument <code class="code">a</code> raised to the power <code class="code">b</code> (the second argument). Depending on the function, <code class="code">a</code> and <code class="code">b</code> can be either small integers or big integers. Raise <code class="code"><span class="constructor">Invalid_argument</span></code> if <code class="code">b</code> is negative.<br> </div> <br> <h6 id="6_Comparisonsandtests">Comparisons and tests</h6><br> <pre><span id="VALsign_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> sign_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> int</code></pre><div class="info "> Return <code class="code">0</code> if the given big integer is zero, <code class="code">1</code> if it is positive, and <code class="code">-1</code> if it is negative.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALcompare_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> compare_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> int</code></pre><div class="info "> <code class="code">compare_big_int a b</code> returns <code class="code">0</code> if <code class="code">a</code> and <code class="code">b</code> are equal, <code class="code">1</code> if <code class="code">a</code> is greater than <code class="code">b</code>, and <code class="code">-1</code> if <code class="code">a</code> is smaller than <code class="code">b</code>.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALeq_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> eq_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> bool</code></pre> <pre><span id="VALle_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> le_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> bool</code></pre> <pre><span id="VALge_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> ge_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> bool</code></pre> <pre><span id="VALlt_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> lt_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> bool</code></pre> <pre><span id="VALgt_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> gt_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> bool</code></pre><div class="info "> Usual boolean comparisons between two big integers.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALmax_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> max_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> Return the greater of its two arguments.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALmin_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> min_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> Return the smaller of its two arguments.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALnum_digits_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> num_digits_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> int</code></pre><div class="info "> Return the number of machine words used to store the given big integer.<br> </div> <br> <h6 id="6_Conversionstoandfromstrings">Conversions to and from strings</h6><br> <pre><span id="VALstring_of_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> string_of_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> string</code></pre><div class="info "> Return the string representation of the given big integer, in decimal (base 10).<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALbig_int_of_string"><span class="keyword">val</span> big_int_of_string</span> : <code class="type">string -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> Convert a string to a big integer, in decimal. The string consists of an optional <code class="code">-</code> or <code class="code">+</code> sign, followed by one or several decimal digits.<br> </div> <br> <h6 id="6_Conversionstoandfromothernumericaltypes">Conversions to and from other numerical types</h6><br> <pre><span id="VALbig_int_of_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> big_int_of_int</span> : <code class="type">int -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> Convert a small integer to a big integer.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALis_int_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> is_int_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> bool</code></pre><div class="info "> Test whether the given big integer is small enough to be representable as a small integer (type <code class="code">int</code>) without loss of precision. On a 32-bit platform, <code class="code">is_int_big_int a</code> returns <code class="code"><span class="keyword">true</span></code> if and only if <code class="code">a</code> is between 2<sup class="superscript">30</sup> and 2<sup class="superscript">30</sup>-1. On a 64-bit platform, <code class="code">is_int_big_int a</code> returns <code class="code"><span class="keyword">true</span></code> if and only if <code class="code">a</code> is between -2<sup class="superscript">62</sup> and 2<sup class="superscript">62</sup>-1.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALint_of_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> int_of_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> int</code></pre><div class="info "> Convert a big integer to a small integer (type <code class="code">int</code>). Raises <code class="code"><span class="constructor">Failure</span> <span class="string">"int_of_big_int"</span></code> if the big integer is not representable as a small integer.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALbig_int_of_int32"><span class="keyword">val</span> big_int_of_int32</span> : <code class="type">int32 -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> Convert a 32-bit integer to a big integer.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALbig_int_of_nativeint"><span class="keyword">val</span> big_int_of_nativeint</span> : <code class="type">nativeint -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> Convert a native integer to a big integer.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALbig_int_of_int64"><span class="keyword">val</span> big_int_of_int64</span> : <code class="type">int64 -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> Convert a 64-bit integer to a big integer.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALint32_of_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> int32_of_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> int32</code></pre><div class="info "> Convert a big integer to a 32-bit integer. Raises <code class="code"><span class="constructor">Failure</span></code> if the big integer is outside the range <code class="code">[-2{^31}, 2{^31}-1]</code>.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALnativeint_of_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> nativeint_of_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> nativeint</code></pre><div class="info "> Convert a big integer to a native integer. Raises <code class="code"><span class="constructor">Failure</span></code> if the big integer is outside the range <code class="code">[<span class="constructor">Nativeint</span>.min_int, <span class="constructor">Nativeint</span>.max_int]</code>.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALint64_of_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> int64_of_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> int64</code></pre><div class="info "> Convert a big integer to a 64-bit integer. Raises <code class="code"><span class="constructor">Failure</span></code> if the big integer is outside the range <code class="code">[-2{^63}, 2{^63}-1]</code>.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALfloat_of_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> float_of_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> float</code></pre><div class="info "> Returns a floating-point number approximating the given big integer.<br> </div> <br> <h6 id="6_Bitorientedoperations">Bit-oriented operations</h6><br> <pre><span id="VALand_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> and_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> Bitwise logical 'and'. The arguments must be positive or zero.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALor_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> or_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> Bitwise logical 'or'. The arguments must be positive or zero.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALxor_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> xor_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> Bitwise logical 'exclusive or'. The arguments must be positive or zero.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALshift_left_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> shift_left_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> int -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> <code class="code">shift_left_big_int b n</code> returns <code class="code">b</code> shifted left by <code class="code">n</code> bits. Equivalent to multiplication by <code class="code">2^n</code>.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALshift_right_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> shift_right_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> int -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> <code class="code">shift_right_big_int b n</code> returns <code class="code">b</code> shifted right by <code class="code">n</code> bits. Equivalent to division by <code class="code">2^n</code> with the result being rounded towards minus infinity.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALshift_right_towards_zero_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> shift_right_towards_zero_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> int -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> <code class="code">shift_right_towards_zero_big_int b n</code> returns <code class="code">b</code> shifted right by <code class="code">n</code> bits. The shift is performed on the absolute value of <code class="code">b</code>, and the result has the same sign as <code class="code">b</code>. Equivalent to division by <code class="code">2^n</code> with the result being rounded towards zero.<br> </div> <pre><span id="VALextract_big_int"><span class="keyword">val</span> extract_big_int</span> : <code class="type"><a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a> -> int -> int -> <a href="Big_int.html#TYPEbig_int">big_int</a></code></pre><div class="info "> <code class="code">extract_big_int bi ofs n</code> returns a nonnegative number corresponding to bits <code class="code">ofs</code> to <code class="code">ofs + n - 1</code> of the binary representation of <code class="code">bi</code>. If <code class="code">bi</code> is negative, a two's complement representation is used.<br> </div> </body></html>