really really really big numbers in VB?

[Violenza]

lets say i need to work iwth integers in the nonillion range (1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) in a for loop.. has anyone developed a class to handle this sort of thing? i know it doesn't sound realistic to have a for loop that long but i need to use it!

is there anything i can do?

[Violenza]

can a moderator move this to the general programming foruM?

Declare it as Double. Integers will only give you around 32,000. Using Double will give you a number somewhat like the one you specified.

Dim MyValue as Double

[Edited by Megatron on 05-18-2000 at 05:43 PM]

i have a book (vb6 win32 api tutorial by jason bock, wrox presS)
he uses UDT's to express big numbers, he dunnit like this

type thisthing
lower32 as long
higher32 as long

that makes it like 64 bits or something.... I am not very sure, the author didnt really say how to use it, he just said something about it.

oops.....

end type

Yes, but you could just type one word and make it 64 bits.
Currency is 64 bits and I think Double is 96 bits.

[Sam Finch]

no, a currency is only 64 bits, Dennis, when Jason Bock uses his LARGE_INTEGER use a currency instead, it makes the maths so much easier.

also, watch for memory leaks in his code, he forgets some deleteobjects etc.

Other than that it's a great book, those of you thinking of buying it, don't be discouraged by the scary picture on the front.

[Edited by Sam Finch on 05-19-2000 at 12:32 AM]

no, a currency is only 64 bits

Yes, that's what I said, didn't I?

[Sam Finch]

I meant a double is 64 bits, I just forgot what I meant while typing.