On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 9:36 PM, emailstorbala <emailstorbala@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I have an issue in printing a large number in a c program. Please find below
> the code snippet :
>
> /#include <math.h>
>
> int main()
> {
> double temp = 0.0;
>
> temp = pow(2, 2000);
>
> printf("The value of temp is %lf\n", temp);
>
> return 0;
> }
> /
> I compiled and ran as below:
>
> [balamurugan@balamurugan C_Programs]$ gcc test.c -o test
> [balamurugan@balamurugan C_Programs]$ ./test
> The value of temp is inf
>
> But for the same expression, I am able to get the value from python,
>
> [balamurugan@balamurugan C_Programs]$ python
> Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Feb 22 2013, 00:00:18)
> [GCC 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-3)] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>> pow(2,2000)
> 114813069527425452423283320117768198402231770208869520047764273682576626139237031385665948631650626991844596463898746277344711896086305533142593135616665318539129989145312280000688779148240044871428926990063486244781615463646388363947317026040466353970904996558162398808944629605623311649536164221970332681344168908984458505602379484807914058900934776500429002716706625830522008132236281291761267883317206598995396418127021779858404042159853183251540889433902091920554957783589672039160081957216630582755380425583726015528348786419432054508915275783882625175435528800822842770817965453762184851149029376L
>>>>
>
> I know that in gcc, there is an option for getting this done. Can any body
> help me with that option?
You are incorrect. There is no GCC option that will help you here.
Python and C are two different languages and they represent numbers in
different ways. To do this kind of thing in C you will need to use
some sort of bignum library, such as libmpfr.
Ian
