// Use, modification and distribution are subject to the // Boost Software License, Version 1.0. // (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt // or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) // Copyright Paul A. Bristow 2012. // Copyright Christopher Kormanyos 2012. // This file is written to be included from a Quickbook .qbk document. // It can be compiled by the C++ compiler, and run. Any output can // also be added here as comment or included or pasted in elsewhere. // Caution: this file contains Quickbook markup as well as code // and comments: don't change any of the special comment markups! #ifdef _MSC_VER # pragma warning (disable : 4512) // assignment operator could not be generated. # pragma warning (disable : 4996) #endif //[big_seventh_example_1 /*`[h5 Using Boost.Multiprecision `cpp_float` for numerical calculations with high precision.] The Boost.Multiprecision library can be used for computations requiring precision exceeding that of standard built-in types such as float, double and long double. For extended-precision calculations, Boost.Multiprecision supplies a template data type called cpp_dec_float. The number of decimal digits of precision is fixed at compile-time via template parameter. To use these floating-point types and constants, we need some includes: */ #include #include // using boost::multiprecision::cpp_dec_float #include #include //` So now we can demonstrate with some trivial calculations: int main() { /*`Using `typedef cpp_dec_float_50` hides the complexity of multiprecision to allow us to define variables with 50 decimal digit precision just like built-in `double`. */ using boost::multiprecision::cpp_dec_float_50; cpp_dec_float_50 seventh = cpp_dec_float_50(1) / 7; /*`By default, output would only show the standard 6 decimal digits, so set precision to show all 50 significant digits. */ std::cout.precision(std::numeric_limits::digits10); std::cout << seventh << std::endl; /*`which outputs: 0.14285714285714285714285714285714285714285714285714 We can also use constants, guaranteed to be initialized with the very last bit of precision. */ cpp_dec_float_50 circumference = boost::math::constants::pi() * 2 * seventh; std::cout << circumference << std::endl; /*`which outputs 0.89759790102565521098932668093700082405633411410717 */ //] [/big_seventh_example_1] return 0; } // int main() /* //[big_seventh_example_output 0.14285714285714285714285714285714285714285714285714 0.89759790102565521098932668093700082405633411410717 //] */