Re: Turning very larger numbers into an array of bits

[Anonymous Monk]

Where are your big numbers coming from? If you're manipulating them at all, you probably need a multiple-precision math library. If you use Math::GMP, there's gmp_tstbit. (Math::BigInt doesn't seem to have an efficient way to fetch a particular bit.)

[syphilis]

If you use Math::GMP, there's gmp_tstbit

Yes, I'd be using the gmp library (accessed either via Math::GMPz or Math::GMP).

Math::BigInt doesn't seem to have an efficient way to fetch a particular bit

Math::BigInt works with base 10 representations of numbers, which makes it less than ideal for determining values of particular bits.

Cheers,
Rob