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March 19, 2018 11:51
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How to perform 14 * 10^-15?
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<?php | |
use Brick\Math\BigDecimal; | |
require 'vendor/autoload.php'; | |
$left = BigDecimal::of(14); | |
$right = BigDecimal::one()->toScale(15)->dividedBy(BigDecimal::ten()->power(15)); | |
$product = $left->multipliedBy($right); | |
echo $product, "\n"; | |
/** | |
* Two things important to note: | |
* | |
* - By default, bc and gmp will work with integer, we need explicitly to tell them they need to work with decimal | |
* - By default, bc has an absurdly low scale for decimal (4), we need explicitly to choose the scale of precision | |
* That's the job of ->toScale(15), it means store 15 digits for the decimal part. | |
* | |
* There is perhaps a wrapper for scientific notation (I hope so), as it can be cumbersome to write long expressions. | |
* If not, commit that to the lib would be a good move. | |
*/ |
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