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Handling integers larger than long integers

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LuckyLuke

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Mar 28, 2001
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NL
Hi,

How can I process and calculate with integers larger than long integers, so more than 16 bits, without loosing the precision?

LuCkY
 
Long integers are 32 bits in VB6, 64 bits in VB.NET

You can download a VB program called BigNum that performs calculations on integers of any length at:
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