How to handle a integer value bigger than the max int(64) can store?

Asked Jan 10 '19 at 19:10

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I was building a clicker typed game where you click a button to earn points.

The problem is after you reach a the ULONG_MAX value, c++ cant handle that big values anymore.

Any algorithms to use arrays to store and handle big values? I have heard that you can do these types of stuff with arrays.

I tried to but i cant figure out any properly working algorithms.

asked Jan 10 '19 at 19:10

Zentical

Short of using a floating point precision variable or platform-specific type, you need to do it manually or use an external library. – François Andrieux Jan 10 '19 at 19:12
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***Any algorithms to use arrays to store and handle big values?*** Yes there exist big integer libraries. – drescherjm Jan 10 '19 at 19:12
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Egad how many points are you giving out such that you're overflowing a 64 bit int? :) – Alex Howansky Jan 10 '19 at 19:15
I agree, that seems a bit crazy. – drescherjm Jan 10 '19 at 19:17
I tried to explain my problem very simply, of course you can upgrade different stuff to get more points, but it didn't really relate to the question. – Zentical Jan 11 '19 at 16:05

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