Re: A little maths problem

Can't you use floating point numbers and before printint them use number_format functionto print them without the decimal point ? Meir Kriheli MKsoft computer systems 'There's someone in my head but it's not me" - Pink Floyd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin" <martin@thomatechnik.de> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 12:14 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] A little maths problem > Perry Loh wrote: > > > Any workaround to this ? > > Hm, tricky, because the largest int-number php has is 2147483647... > > > > > > > > > "Martin" <martin@thomatechnik.de> wrote in message > > news:399908FD.58F595E8@thomatechnik.de... > > > 2235957251 is binary 10000101010001100000000000000011. That means, the > > first bit > > > is set, which is interpreted as the "sign-bit" in most > > programming-languages. > > > > > > Greetings > > > > > > Martin > > > > > > > > > Perry Loh wrote: > > > > > > > A little question on maths, why does PHP return the following answer : > > > > > > > > 2634023077 xor 407240870 = -1730242778 > > > > > > > > whereas the correct result should be actually,with a calculator : > > > > > > > > 42634023077 xor 407240870 = 2235957251 > > > > > > > > I'm wondering if this is a bug, if it is or isn't , is there a > > workaround to > > > > get the correct answer ? BCMath does not seem to provide enough > > functions > > > > though. > > > > > > > > Regards > > > >