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Reputation: 17

BigInteger Power calculation with double base C#

I am trying to calculate

Pow(500.9, 500)

We have to apply the BigInteger since the result is too big, which cannot be stored in a double number. The function of BigInteger.Pow can only handle the int base. However, if I round up the 500.9 to 501 using BigInteger.Pow, the result is not accurate. Any solutions for this problem? I really appreciate your help.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 116

Answers (1)

Dmitrii Bychenko
Dmitrii Bychenko

Reputation: 186803

Well, a simple math points that

Pow(500.9, 500) == 
Pow(500.9 * 10 / 10, 500) ==
Pow(5009, 500) / Pow(10, 500)

To compute this we can find Pow(5009, 500) and then put decimal separator at 500th place from the end:

string result = BigInteger.Pow(5009, 500).ToString();

result = result.Insert(result.Length - 500, ".");

Console.Write(result);

Output:

750785445202605307551253470824557285079346141278253125349630916911102629784128353477046312312139991342483037173482291298447969374891762042213004550901213358906920823544239557942277642992418402027235207483978041724163203346373588053756209213942565309839746527277599653268123724065365736267603060792245369511389263528845304955028803457277541404450374376491026784895296528446631879758096537079470156394038766525798644691360860393275159196110019913158557641568463246836543848010042581862005580178182419159111411274780602462456946017405314984839399675700027333811670420218809911730919098335927962554486605331923267502046059868271480909938360412846494392224098433297979335673495582626311033202777716546962816215115507687918498469675860909461733227525421068802715771021509767836615249121028542984981342453460443523075418990759647964559677485474850638903218226595363531541872512909635249994105022233957793123983861456686877077495391968938174248672172171747206468768722350493285374053243583268519335772918970507587718609210192894955099357133994455750654224318578714399994951501786601269165863137887223331163954437472113772110816826584893190483662068782179976702789430846986139489196790252331369863403232574645627158879279400354165150390251105544837645530114608594348391176662657558839549725079904808639006147551104172868473502336489851592919793073838330652965.53619162155847566828667939093878911641328992161770443232303925735316732676142337778523013482948880367979630680335116340416796542017601634717186990927160028803022480589471690500902042621936161340068475197228470218993384159712513440518292617565712476401913018477651802587875796196911894824156301999091492950154683229359766451353055795532013751196008324853727367989462377366072256612433437992797704997150495960526770895405960457961474456531750042325103620310035959468546595071741128017753593693827720001

Upvotes: 3

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