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Brobdingnag (version 1.1-7)

Very large numbers in R

Description

Handles very large numbers in R. Real numbers are held using their natural logarithms, plus a logical flag indicating sign. The package includes a vignette that gives a step-by-step introduction to using S4 methods.

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Install

install.packages('Brobdingnag')

Monthly Downloads

70,994

Version

1.1-7

License

GPL

Maintainer

Robin K S Hankin

Last Published

September 8th, 2009

Functions in Brobdingnag (1.1-7)

Extract.brob

Extract or Replace Parts of brobs or glubs

Compare-methods

Methods for Function Compare in Package Brobdingnag

plot

Basic plotting of Brobs

sum

Various summary statistics for brobs and glubs

Math

Various logarithmic and circular functions for brobs

brob

Brobdingnagian numbers

getP

Get and set methods for brob objects

Brobdingnag-package

Brobdingnagian numbers: storing large numbers by their natural logarithms

Arith-methods

Methods for Function Arith in package Brobdingnag

Complex

Real and imaginary manipulation

as.numeric

Coerces to numeric or complex form

swift-class

Class "swift"

Methods for printing brobs and glubs

cbrob

Combine Brobdingnagian vectors

brob-class

Class "brob"

length-methods

Get lengths of brobs and glubs

glub

Glubbdubdribian numbers: complex numbers with Brobdingnagian real and imaginary parts

glub-class

Class "glub"

Logic

Logical operations on brobs