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Brobdingnag (version 1.2-2)

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

1.2-2

License

GPL

Maintainer

Robin K S Hankin

Last Published

January 21st, 2013

Functions in Brobdingnag (1.2-2)

length-methods

Get lengths of brobs and glubs
swift-class

Class "swift"
Arith-methods

Methods for Function Arith in package Brobdingnag
brob

Brobdingnagian numbers
brob-class

Class "brob"
glub-class

Class "glub"
as.numeric

Coerces to numeric or complex form
cbrob

Combine Brobdingnagian vectors
plot

Basic plotting of Brobs
Print

Methods for printing brobs and glubs
Extract.brob

Extract or Replace Parts of brobs or glubs
Logic

Logical operations on brobs
getP

Get and set methods for brob objects
glub

Glubbdubdribian numbers: complex numbers with Brobdingnagian real and imaginary parts
Brobdingnag-package

Brobdingnagian numbers: storing large numbers by their natural logarithms
Compare-methods

Methods for Function Compare in Package Brobdingnag
sum

Various summary statistics for brobs and glubs
Math

Various logarithmic and circular functions for brobs
Complex

Real and imaginary manipulation