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Brobdingnag (version 1.1-8)

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

1.1-8

License

GPL

Maintainer

Robin K S Hankin

Last Published

February 13th, 2011

Functions in Brobdingnag (1.1-8)

sum

Various summary statistics for brobs and glubs
Compare-methods

Methods for Function Compare in Package Brobdingnag
swift-class

Class "swift"
Math

Various logarithmic and circular functions for brobs
Logic

Logical operations on brobs
glub

Glubbdubdribian numbers: complex numbers with Brobdingnagian real and imaginary parts
brob

Brobdingnagian numbers
Arith-methods

Methods for Function Arith in package Brobdingnag
length-methods

Get lengths of brobs and glubs
as.numeric

Coerces to numeric or complex form
Print

Methods for printing brobs and glubs
plot

Basic plotting of Brobs
glub-class

Class "glub"
Brobdingnag-package

Brobdingnagian numbers: storing large numbers by their natural logarithms
brob-class

Class "brob"
Extract.brob

Extract or Replace Parts of brobs or glubs
cbrob

Combine Brobdingnagian vectors
getP

Get and set methods for brob objects
Complex

Real and imaginary manipulation