Long just isn't long enough ..

[Dave Jones]

Hi all,
I have a spec in which I'm required to hold a 20 digit number. as you know, long can hold (almost) up to 19 (2^63 -1).

Any suggestions ?

Thanks a lot
Dave

[Kaydell Leavitt]

The keyword to search for is the "BigInt" class.

Kaydell

[Dave Jones]

Yup, I know about BigInt, and actually, I think that BigInteger is even better for my use, but isn't this solution a bit"too much" for what I need ?
isn't there something 'smaller' friendlier than this ?

[Jesper de Jong]

So long is too small, but you think BigInteger is too big? Why do you think that BigInteger is "too much" for what you need?

There's not really something in between...

[Dave Jones]

Well, reading a bit about BigInteger, I understood that it holds many options and possibilities, more than I need. So I was wondering if there is something in the middle.
If you say there isn't, well, BigInteger- here I come !!!

Thanks guys(and 'gals').

[Kaydell Leavitt]

So, is there both "BigInt" and "BigInteger"?

Kaydell

[Jesper de Jong]

No, there is no "BigInt" in the standard Java API - you could have found this out quickly by looking at the API documentation.

[Peter Chase]

Do you actually need to do numerical computations with this 20-digit number? If not, maybe a String would do.