BigInteger

Implements:

Public:

Properties:

Name	Description
IsEven (get)	Returns if the value is an even number.
IsOne (get)	Returns if the value is equal to one.
IsZero (get)	Returns if the value is equal to zero.
Precision (get)	Returns the number of bytes being used to represent the number.
Sign (get)	Returns the sign of the number this instance represents.

Methods:

Name	Description
Absolute	Returns the absolute (positive or zero) value of this instance.
Add	Adds a value to this instance of BigInteger.
BitwiseAnd	Peforms a bitwise AND of this BigInteger instance and the value passed in.
BitwiseAndNot	Peforms a bitwise AND of this BigInteger instance and the NOT value passed in.
BitwiseNot	Peforms a bitwise NOT of this BigInteger instance and the value passed in.
BitwiseOr	Performs a bitwise OR of this BigInteger instance and the value passed in.
BitwiseXor	Performs a bitwise XOR of this BigInteger instance and the value passed in.
ClearBit	Clears the specified bit of the BigInteger instance to 0.
CompareTo	Compares two BigInteger instance to each other returning their relation.
Divide	Divides this BigInteger instance by the supplied divisor.
DivRem	Divides this value by the value, returning the quotient and remainding.
Equals	Determines if this BigInteger instance is equal to the other value.
Factorial	Returns the factorial of this BigInteger value.
FlipBit	Flips the specified bit, toggling between True and False.
GetHashCode	Returns a pseudo-unique number identifying this instance.
GreatestCommonDivisor	Returns the greatest common divisor between this instance and the passed in value.
Max	Returns the maximum of this instance and a second BigInteger instance.
Min	Returns the mininum of this instance and a second BigInteger instance.
Modulus	Performs a modulus operation, returning the remainder.
Multiply	Multiplies this instance of BigInteger by the supplied multiplier.
Negate	Returns the opposite signed value of this BigInteger instance.
Pow	Raises the BigInteger value to the specified power.
SetBit	Sets the specified bit of the BigInteger instance to 1.
ShiftLeft	Performs a left shift operation on the BigInteger instance.
ShiftRight	Performs a bit shifting operation to the the right.
SquareRoot	Returns the integer square root of a BigInteger.
Subtract	Subtracts a value to this instance of BigInteger.
TestBit	Tests a specific bit in the number to determine if it is set (1) or not (0).
ToByteArray	Returns a byte array representing the number.
ToString	Returns a human readable string of characters representing the number.

Remarks

The BigInteger can represent a positive or negative value limited in size only by memory.

Negative values are represented in a twos-complement fashion mimicking the way the hardware and VB uses signed integer values.

The value is represented internally as an array of Integers. This was selected over Bytes because of the speed increase with working with multiple bytes simultaneously. However, Integers are never exposed outside of the class, only byte arrays.

See Also

Project CorLib Overview

Class BigInteger Overview