// BigNumbers // load math.js (using node.js) var math = require('../index'); // configure the default type of numbers as BigNumbers math.config({ number: 'BigNumber', // Default type of number: // 'number' (default), 'BigNumber', or 'Fraction' precision: 20 // Number of significant digits for BigNumbers }); console.log('round-off errors with numbers'); print(math.add(0.1, 0.2)); // number, 0.30000000000000004 print(math.divide(0.3, 0.2)); // number, 1.4999999999999998 console.log(); console.log('no round-off errors with BigNumbers'); print(math.add(math.bignumber(0.1), math.bignumber(0.2))); // BigNumber, 0.3 print(math.divide(math.bignumber(0.3), math.bignumber(0.2))); // BigNumber, 1.5 console.log(); console.log('create BigNumbers from strings when exceeding the range of a number'); print(math.bignumber(1.2e+500)); // BigNumber, Infinity WRONG print(math.bignumber('1.2e+500')); // BigNumber, 1.2e+500 console.log(); // one can work conveniently with BigNumbers using the expression parser. // note though that BigNumbers are only supported in arithmetic functions console.log('use BigNumbers in the expression parser'); print(math.eval('0.1 + 0.2')); // BigNumber, 0.3 print(math.eval('0.3 / 0.2')); // BigNumber, 1.5 console.log(); /** * Helper function to output a value in the console. Value will be formatted. * @param {*} value */ function print (value) { console.log(math.format(value)); }