Creates a BigInt with the value denoted by str in the given base.

Raises ArgumentError if the string doesn't denote a valid integer.

require "big"

BigInt.new("123456789123456789123456789123456789") # => 123456789123456789123456789123456789
BigInt.new("123_456_789_123_456_789_123_456_789")  # => 123456789123456789123456789
BigInt.new("1234567890ABCDEF", base: 16)           # => 1311768467294899695

Creates a BigInt from the given num.

Creates a BigInt from the given num.

Creates a BigInt from the given num.

Creates a BigInt from the given num.

Creates a BigInt from the given num.

Creates a BigInt from the given num.

Returns num. Useful for generic code that does T.new(...) with T being a Number.

Creates a BigInt with the value zero.

require "big"

BigInt.new # => 0

Returns self modulo other.

This uses floored division.

See Int#/ for more details.

Returns the value of raising self to the power of exponent.

Raises ArgumentError if exponent is negative: if this is needed, either use a float base or a float exponent.

Raises OverflowError in case of overflow.

2 ** 3  # => 8
2 ** 0  # => 1
2 ** -1 # ArgumentError

Returns the result of shifting this number's bits count positions to the left.

• If count is greater than the number of bits of this integer, returns 0
• If count is negative, a right shift is performed

8000 << 1  # => 16000
8000 << 2  # => 32000
8000 << 32 # => 0
8000 << -1 # => 4000

The comparison operator. Returns 0 if the two objects are equal, a negative number if this object is considered less than other, a positive number if this object is considered greter than other, or nil if the two objects are not comparable.

Subclasses define this method to provide class-specific ordering.

The comparison operator is usually used to sort values:

# Sort in a descending way:
[3, 1, 2].sort { |x, y| y <=> x } # => [3, 2, 1]

# Sort in an ascending way:
[3, 1, 2].sort { |x, y| x <=> y } # => [1, 2, 3]

Returns the result of shifting this number's bits count positions to the right. Also known as arithmetic right shift.

• If count is greater than the number of bits of this integer, returns 0
• If count is negative, a left shift is performed

8000 >> 1  # => 4000
8000 >> 2  # => 2000
8000 >> 32 # => 0
8000 >> -1 # => 16000

-8000 >> 1 # => -4000

Returns the absolute value of this number.

123.abs  # => 123
-123.abs # => 123

Returns the number of bits of this int value.

“The number of bits” means that the bit position of the highest bit which is different to the sign bit. (The bit position of the bit 2**n is n+1.) If there is no such bit (zero or minus one), zero is returned.

I.e. This method returns ceil(log2(self < 0 ? -self : self + 1)).

0.bit_length # => 0
1.bit_length # => 1
2.bit_length # => 2
3.bit_length # => 2
4.bit_length # => 3
5.bit_length # => 3

# The above is the same as
0b0.bit_length   # => 0
0b1.bit_length   # => 1
0b10.bit_length  # => 2
0b11.bit_length  # => 2
0b100.bit_length # => 3
0b101.bit_length # => 3

TODO improve this

Counts 1-bits in the binary representation of this integer.

5.popcount   # => 2
-15.popcount # => 29

Returns self remainder other.

This uses truncated division.

See Int#tdiv for more details.

Divides self by other using truncated division.

In truncated division, given two integers x and y:

• q = x.tdiv(y) is rounded toward zero
• r = x.remainder(y) has the sign of the first argument
• x == q*y + r

For example:

 x     y     x / y     x % y
 5     3       1         2
-5     3      -1        -2
 5    -3      -1         2
-5    -3       1        -2

Raises if other is 0, or if other is -1 and self is signed and is the minimum value for that integer type.

Converts self to BigDecimal.

require "big"
12123415151254124124.to_big_d

Returns a BigInt representing this integer.

require "big"

123.to_big_i

Returns a BigRational representing this integer.

require "big"

123.to_big_r

Returns a string representation of self.

require "big"

BigInt.new("123456789101101987654321").to_s # => 123456789101101987654321

Returns a string containing the representation of big radix base (2 through 36).

require "big"

BigInt.new("123456789101101987654321").to_s(8)  # => "32111154373025463465765261"
BigInt.new("123456789101101987654321").to_s(16) # => "1a249b1f61599cd7eab1"
BigInt.new("123456789101101987654321").to_s(36) # => "k3qmt029k48nmpd"

Returns a string representation of self.

require "big"

BigInt.new("123456789101101987654321").to_s # => 123456789101101987654321

Returns the number of trailing 0-bits.