Thread: Quick Question Regarding Variable Types

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    Unhappy Quick Question Regarding Variable Types

    Hello,

    I wrote the function:

    int topower(int base, int pwr) {
    int topow = 1;
    long int amt = base;
    while ( topow < pwr ) {
    amt = amt * base;
    topow++;
    }
    if ( pwr == 0 ) { amt = 1; }
    printf("\n%d:(%d)--%d--", base, pwr, amt);
    return amt;
    }

    since pow() didn't seem to like me for some reason =)
    problem is, when i try doing 10^10 (10000000000) I get "1410065408" in printf(). I assume that I'm using an incorret variable type?


    Thanks,
    Drek

  2. #2
    USE

    unsigned long

    NOT

    long int

    AND CHANGE

    amt = amt * base TO amt *= base;

    *All integral types are signed meaning they go both ways

    EXAMPLE............

    For byte, from -128 to 127

    UNSIGNED

    For unsigned byte, 256 //one-way, either positive or neg is now double capacity

    *All the standard math types operate the same way*
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    Perhaps this helps a little bit. But note that if you really want to work with huge numbers, you cannot do this. There is a thread in the C-board discussing working with huge numbers.

    Code:
    unsigned long topower (unsigned long base, unsigned long pwr) 
    { 
        unsigned long topow = 1; 
        unsigned long amt = base; 
    
        if (pwr == 0)
            amt = 1;
        else
        {
            while (topow++ < pwr)  
                amt *= base; 
        }
    
        printf("\n%d:(%d)--%d--", base, pwr, amt); 
        return amt; 
    }

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