How to deal with big numbers in javascript

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crsuarezf picture crsuarezf · Nov 26, 2010 · Viewed 52.2k times · Source

I'm looking for a Mathematical solution that deals with really (long, big, huge, storms) numbers. I haven't found anything yet, But I don't wanna think that this problem hasn't be solve at this time. I'm looking for an easy Number solution, like Microsoft Excel Precision (30 decimals), or a BigInteger (Java) solution. in Javascript of course.

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xscott picture xscott · Nov 26, 2010

It looks like this has been solved before:

What is the standard solution in Javascript for handling big numbers (BigNum)?

http://jsfromhell.com/classes/bignumber

http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~tjw/jsbn/

If you only need integers you can use BigInteger.js.

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