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The 'long' npm package provides a comprehensive library for representing, converting, and performing arithmetic operations on 64-bit integers. This is particularly useful in environments like JavaScript, where the standard Number type can only safely represent integers up to 53 bits.
Creation of Long integers
This feature allows the creation of 64-bit integers. The constructor takes two arguments representing the low and high 32 bits of the integer, respectively.
const Long = require('long');
let longVal = new Long(0xFFFFFFFF, 0x7FFFFFFF);Arithmetic operations
This feature supports basic arithmetic operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division on 64-bit integers.
const Long = require('long');
let long1 = new Long(1, 0);
let long2 = new Long(1, 0);
let sum = long1.add(long2);Comparison operations
This feature enables comparison operations like less than, greater than, equals, etc., between two Long instances.
const Long = require('long');
let long1 = new Long(1, 0);
let long2 = new Long(2, 0);
let isLessThan = long1.lessThan(long2);The 'bignum' package also provides arbitrary precision arithmetic operations. Unlike 'long', which is limited to 64-bit, 'bignum' can handle much larger numbers, making it suitable for applications requiring high precision.
Similar to 'long', 'bigint' supports large integer operations. However, 'bigint' is built into modern JavaScript environments as a native type, offering better performance and integration with the language compared to 'long', which is a library.
Readme
A Long class for representing a 64-bit two's-complement integer value derived from the Closure Library for stand-alone use and extended with unsigned support.
Looking for arbitrary byte size integers? Try IntN.js!
As of the ECMAScript specification, number types have a maximum value of 2^53. Beyond that, behaviour might be unexpected. Furthermore, bitwise operations can only be performed on 32bit numbers. However, in some use cases it is required to be able to perform reliable mathematical and/or bitwise operations on the full 64bits. This is where Long.js comes into play.
Install: npm install long
var Long = require("long");
var longVal = new Long(0xFFFFFFFF, 0x7FFFFFFF);
console.log(longVal.toString());
...
require.config({
"paths": {
"Math/Long": "/path/to/Long.js"
}
});
require(["Math/Long"], function(Long) {
var longVal = new Long(0xFFFFFFFF, 0x7FFFFFFF);
console.log(longVal.toString());
});
<script src="Long.min.js"></script>
var Long = dcodeIO.Long;
var longVal = new Long(0xFFFFFFFF, 0x7FFFFFFF);
alert(longVal.toString());
Apache License, Version 2.0 - http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
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