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Brobdingnag (version 1.2-4)

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

1.2-4

License

GPL

Maintainer

Robin K S Hankin

Last Published

December 5th, 2013

Functions in Brobdingnag (1.2-4)

cbrob

Combine Brobdingnagian vectors
Math

Various logarithmic and circular functions for brobs
length-methods

Get lengths of brobs and glubs
Compare-methods

Methods for Function Compare in Package Brobdingnag
Extract.brob

Extract or Replace Parts of brobs or glubs
brob-class

Class "brob"
getP

Get and set methods for brob objects
plot

Basic plotting of Brobs
brob

Brobdingnagian numbers
Logic

Logical operations on brobs
Arith-methods

Methods for Function Arith in package Brobdingnag
swift-class

Class "swift"
Print

Methods for printing brobs and glubs
glub-class

Class "glub"
as.numeric

Coerces to numeric or complex form
Brobdingnag-package

Brobdingnagian numbers: storing large numbers by their natural logarithms
sum

Various summary statistics for brobs and glubs
Complex

Real and imaginary manipulation
glub

Glubbdubdribian numbers: complex numbers with Brobdingnagian real and imaginary parts