cvs: phpdoc /en/reference/bc/functions bc-powmod.xml bcpow.xml

pollita Tue Dec 10 15:33:42 2002 EDT Added files: /phpdoc/en/reference/bc/functions bc-powmod.xml Modified files: /phpdoc/en/reference/bc/functions bcpow.xml Log: Documentation for new function bc_powmod() and additiona 'see also' for bcpow() Index: phpdoc/en/reference/bc/functions/bcpow.xml diff -u phpdoc/en/reference/bc/functions/bcpow.xml:1.2 phpdoc/en/reference/bc/functions/bcpow.xml:1.3 --- phpdoc/en/reference/bc/functions/bcpow.xml:1.2 Wed Apr 17 02:36:33 2002 +++ phpdoc/en/reference/bc/functions/bcpow.xml Tue Dec 10 15:33:41 2002 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> -<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ --> +<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ --> <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/bc.xml, last change in rev 1.2 --> <refentry id="function.bcpow"> <refnamediv> @@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ digits after the decimal place in the result. </para> <para> - See also <function>bcsqrt</function>. + See also <function>bc_powmod</function>, and + <function>bcsqrt</function>. </para> </refsect1> </refentry> Index: phpdoc/en/reference/bc/functions/bc-powmod.xml +++ phpdoc/en/reference/bc/functions/bc-powmod.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ --> <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/bcpow.xml, last change in rev 1.2 --> <refentry id="function.bc-powmod"> <refnamediv> <refname>bc_powmod</refname> <refpurpose> Raise an arbitrary precision number to another, reduced by a specified modulus. </refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <methodsynopsis> <type>string</type><methodname>bc_powmod</methodname> <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>x</parameter></methodparam> <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>y</parameter></methodparam> <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>modulus</parameter></methodparam> <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>scale</parameter></methodparam> </methodsynopsis> <simpara> Use the fast-exponentiation method to raise <parameter>x</parameter> to the power <parameter>y</parameter> with respect to the modulus <parameter>modulus</parameter>. The optional <parameter>scale</parameter> can be used to set the number of digits after the decimal place in the result. </simpara> <para> The following two statements are functionally identical. The <function>bc_powmod</function> version however, executes in less time and can accept larger parameters. <informalexample> <programlisting> <![CDATA[ bc_powmod($x,$y,$mod) bcmod(bcpow($x,$y),$mod) ]]> </programlisting> </informalexample> </para> <para> <note> <simpara> Because this method uses the modulus operation, non-natural numbers may give unexpected results. A natural number is any positive non-zero integer. </simpara> </note> </para> <para> See also <function>bcpow</function>, and <function>bcmod</function>. </para> </refsect1> </refentry> <!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file Local variables: mode: sgml sgml-omittag:t sgml-shorttag:t sgml-minimize-attributes:nil sgml-always-quote-attributes:t sgml-indent-step:1 sgml-indent-data:t indent-tabs-mode:nil sgml-parent-document:nil sgml-default-dtd-file:"../../../../manual.ced" sgml-exposed-tags:nil sgml-local-catalogs:nil sgml-local-ecat-files:nil End: vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml vi: ts=1 sw=1 -->