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I want to implement cryptography algorithms. So I need a suitable data type to handle integers with a lot of digits.

Many recent languages, such as Java, Python and Ruby provide native ways to do this. However, I'm programming in C, and I was wondering what is the best way and easiest way to implement elementary operations there.

I would like to write it without any external library. I thought about two options:

  1. Using an array of char (like strings, that would be good for encryption/decryption keys)
  2. Using an array of bits (I don't know how to do it, but I think this would be compiler-dependant)

What would you do?

kwadr4tic
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    Duplicate of [“BigInt” in C?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/565150/bigint-in-c), [What is the simplest way of implementing bigint in C?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3340511/what-is-the-simplest-way-of-implementing-bigint-in-c) and so on? – praetorian droid Jan 03 '12 at 09:35
  • Thanks for the links, they'll be useful! – kwadr4tic Jan 03 '12 at 09:53
  • May I suggest copying the source of an implementation with a non-restrictive license (BSD, MIT, that kind of stuff)? – Maarten Bodewes Jan 03 '12 at 20:03

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The (to me) obvious choice would be GMP whose main developer, Torbjörn Granlund, was a member of the Swedish five man team that won the Simon Singh "Cipher Challenge" in 2000.

According to the website the code can be used to calculate 1000000000 digits of pi in 1957 seconds on an AMD Phenom II @ 3.2 GHz.

The code has been developed since 1991.

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  • GMP is excellent. You shouldn't write your own inferior solution to a problem that's already been solved really well -- it's a waste of your time. – Peter T.B. Brett Jan 03 '12 at 10:43
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I would first off highly suggest using an already existing library.

However, I have done this before in the past as an experiment. I choose option 2. Representing a value like "10000000002000000000" as 

int array[2] = { 1000000000, 2000000000 }

and performing operations and carry values one int at a time. Not very efficient, but functionally sound.

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nmjohn
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  • I need just four operations, so I don't really need an existing library. Anyway would it be possible to directly handle one bit at a time? And would it be faster once compiled (at leat as in Python)? – kwadr4tic Jan 03 '12 at 09:36
  • Can you share what operators you are implementing? – nmjohn Jan 03 '12 at 09:39
  • I would implement the four arithmetic operation: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division (euclidean division). – kwadr4tic Jan 03 '12 at 09:47
  • If that's the case, you can do it all at the bit level. I'm not sure how well Python does with lots of bit level operations. I think that the method I suggest would simply parallelize the work of doing it at the bit level, but the implementations for both are easy. – nmjohn Jan 03 '12 at 09:49
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    The array of int would normally be a lot faster than performing operations on bits. Java has a BigInteger class that does the same -internally it's all (32 bit signed) int's. You should be a bit careful what to do with signed values once you get to shift bits though. – Maarten Bodewes Jan 03 '12 at 20:01
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If you are interested in Cryptography, then everything has to be correct. Either you spend many months writing and testing and testing and testing... your own big number arithmetic functions, or you use an existing library.

It is difficult enough getting crypto to work correctly when you know that the methods you are using are correct. It is almost impossible if the methods you are using have subtle errors.

For crypto use GMP, and concentrate on the crypto.

If you want to write your own large number arithmetic package, then by all means do so. I have done the same myself and it is an interesting and useful experience. But don't use your own work for anything critical.

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It will be easier to deal with an array of characters. Its a good idea to devise your own class (/datatype), defining functions to deal with the all arithmetic operations for future use. You could use this one designed by ACRush for reference.

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the variable in main function can Store even 100 factorial in c++

#include <iostream>
#include <cstdio>
#include <vector>
#include <cstring>
#include <string>
#include <map>
#include <functional>
#include <algorithm>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iomanip>
#include <stack>
#include <queue>
#include <deque>
#include <limits>
#include <cmath>
#include <numeric>
#include <set>

using namespace std;


//template for BIGINIT

// base and base_digits must be consistent
const int base = 10;
const int base_digits = 1;

struct bigint {
    vector<int> a;
    int sign;

    bigint() :
        sign(1) {
    }

    bigint(long long v) {
        *this = v;
    }

    bigint(const string &s) {
        read(s);
    }

    void operator=(const bigint &v) {
        sign = v.sign;
        a = v.a;
    }

    void operator=(long long v) {
        sign = 1;
        if (v < 0)
            sign = -1, v = -v;
        for (; v > 0; v = v / base)
            a.push_back(v % base);
    }

    bigint operator+(const bigint &v) const {
        if (sign == v.sign) {
            bigint res = v;

            for (int i = 0, carry = 0; i < (int) max(a.size(), v.a.size()) || carry; ++i) {
                if (i == (int) res.a.size())
                    res.a.push_back(0);
                res.a[i] += carry + (i < (int) a.size() ? a[i] : 0);
                carry = res.a[i] >= base;
                if (carry)
                    res.a[i] -= base;
            }
            return res;
        }
        return *this - (-v);
    }

    bigint operator-(const bigint &v) const {
        if (sign == v.sign) {
            if (abs() >= v.abs()) {
                bigint res = *this;
                for (int i = 0, carry = 0; i < (int) v.a.size() || carry; ++i) {
                    res.a[i] -= carry + (i < (int) v.a.size() ? v.a[i] : 0);
                    carry = res.a[i] < 0;
                    if (carry)
                        res.a[i] += base;
                }
                res.trim();
                return res;
            }
            return -(v - *this);
        }
        return *this + (-v);
    }

    void operator*=(int v) {
        if (v < 0)
            sign = -sign, v = -v;
        for (int i = 0, carry = 0; i < (int) a.size() || carry; ++i) {
            if (i == (int) a.size())
                a.push_back(0);
            long long cur = a[i] * (long long) v + carry;
            carry = (int) (cur / base);
            a[i] = (int) (cur % base);
            //asm("divl %%ecx" : "=a"(carry), "=d"(a[i]) : "A"(cur), "c"(base));
        }
        trim();
    }

    bigint operator*(int v) const {
        bigint res = *this;
        res *= v;
        return res;
    }

    friend pair<bigint, bigint> divmod(const bigint &a1, const bigint &b1) {
        int norm = base / (b1.a.back() + 1);
        bigint a = a1.abs() * norm;
        bigint b = b1.abs() * norm;
        bigint q, r;
        q.a.resize(a.a.size());

        for (int i = a.a.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            r *= base;
            r += a.a[i];
            int s1 = r.a.size() <= b.a.size() ? 0 : r.a[b.a.size()];
            int s2 = r.a.size() <= b.a.size() - 1 ? 0 : r.a[b.a.size() - 1];
            int d = ((long long) base * s1 + s2) / b.a.back();
            r -= b * d;
            while (r < 0)
                r += b, --d;
            q.a[i] = d;
        }

        q.sign = a1.sign * b1.sign;
        r.sign = a1.sign;
        q.trim();
        r.trim();
        return make_pair(q, r / norm);
    }

    bigint operator/(const bigint &v) const {
        return divmod(*this, v).first;
    }

    bigint operator%(const bigint &v) const {
        return divmod(*this, v).second;
    }

    void operator/=(int v) {
        if (v < 0)
            sign = -sign, v = -v;
        for (int i = (int) a.size() - 1, rem = 0; i >= 0; --i) {
            long long cur = a[i] + rem * (long long) base;
            a[i] = (int) (cur / v);
            rem = (int) (cur % v);
        }
        trim();
    }

    bigint operator/(int v) const {
        bigint res = *this;
        res /= v;
        return res;
    }

    int operator%(int v) const {
        if (v < 0)
            v = -v;
        int m = 0;
        for (int i = a.size() - 1; i >= 0; --i)
            m = (a[i] + m * (long long) base) % v;
        return m * sign;
    }

    void operator+=(const bigint &v) {
        *this = *this + v;
    }
    void operator-=(const bigint &v) {
        *this = *this - v;
    }
    void operator*=(const bigint &v) {
        *this = *this * v;
    }
    void operator/=(const bigint &v) {
        *this = *this / v;
    }

    bool operator<(const bigint &v) const {
        if (sign != v.sign)
            return sign < v.sign;
        if (a.size() != v.a.size())
            return a.size() * sign < v.a.size() * v.sign;
        for (int i = a.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--)
            if (a[i] != v.a[i])
                return a[i] * sign < v.a[i] * sign;
        return false;
    }

    bool operator>(const bigint &v) const {
        return v < *this;
    }
    bool operator<=(const bigint &v) const {
        return !(v < *this);
    }
    bool operator>=(const bigint &v) const {
        return !(*this < v);
    }
    bool operator==(const bigint &v) const {
        return !(*this < v) && !(v < *this);
    }
    bool operator!=(const bigint &v) const {
        return *this < v || v < *this;
    }

    void trim() {
        while (!a.empty() && !a.back())
            a.pop_back();
        if (a.empty())
            sign = 1;
    }

    bool isZero() const {
        return a.empty() || (a.size() == 1 && !a[0]);
    }

    bigint operator-() const {
        bigint res = *this;
        res.sign = -sign;
        return res;
    }

    bigint abs() const {
        bigint res = *this;
        res.sign *= res.sign;
        return res;
    }

    long long longValue() const {
        long long res = 0;
        for (int i = a.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--)
            res = res * base + a[i];
        return res * sign;
    }

    friend bigint gcd(const bigint &a, const bigint &b) {
        return b.isZero() ? a : gcd(b, a % b);
    }
    friend bigint lcm(const bigint &a, const bigint &b) {
        return a / gcd(a, b) * b;
    }

    void read(const string &s) {
        sign = 1;
        a.clear();
        int pos = 0;
        while (pos < (int) s.size() && (s[pos] == '-' || s[pos] == '+')) {
            if (s[pos] == '-')
                sign = -sign;
            ++pos;
        }
        for (int i = s.size() - 1; i >= pos; i -= base_digits) {
            int x = 0;
            for (int j = max(pos, i - base_digits + 1); j <= i; j++)
                x = x * 10 + s[j] - '0';
            a.push_back(x);
        }
        trim();
    }

    friend istream& operator>>(istream &stream, bigint &v) {
        string s;
        stream >> s;
        v.read(s);
        return stream;
    }

    friend ostream& operator<<(ostream &stream, const bigint &v) {
        if (v.sign == -1)
            stream << '-';
        stream << (v.a.empty() ? 0 : v.a.back());
        for (int i = (int) v.a.size() - 2; i >= 0; --i)
            stream << setw(base_digits) << setfill('0') << v.a[i];
        return stream;
    }

    static vector<int> convert_base(const vector<int> &a, int old_digits, int new_digits) {
        vector<long long> p(max(old_digits, new_digits) + 1);
        p[0] = 1;
        for (int i = 1; i < (int) p.size(); i++)
            p[i] = p[i - 1] * 10;
        vector<int> res;
        long long cur = 0;
        int cur_digits = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < (int) a.size(); i++) {
            cur += a[i] * p[cur_digits];
            cur_digits += old_digits;
            while (cur_digits >= new_digits) {
                res.push_back(int(cur % p[new_digits]));
                cur /= p[new_digits];
                cur_digits -= new_digits;
            }
        }
        res.push_back((int) cur);
        while (!res.empty() && !res.back())
            res.pop_back();
        return res;
    }

    typedef vector<long long> vll;

    static vll karatsubaMultiply(const vll &a, const vll &b) {
        int n = a.size();
        vll res(n + n);
        if (n <= 32) {
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
                for (int j = 0; j < n; j++)
                    res[i + j] += a[i] * b[j];
            return res;
        }

        int k = n >> 1;
        vll a1(a.begin(), a.begin() + k);
        vll a2(a.begin() + k, a.end());
        vll b1(b.begin(), b.begin() + k);
        vll b2(b.begin() + k, b.end());

        vll a1b1 = karatsubaMultiply(a1, b1);
        vll a2b2 = karatsubaMultiply(a2, b2);

        for (int i = 0; i < k; i++)
            a2[i] += a1[i];
        for (int i = 0; i < k; i++)
            b2[i] += b1[i];

        vll r = karatsubaMultiply(a2, b2);
        for (int i = 0; i < (int) a1b1.size(); i++)
            r[i] -= a1b1[i];
        for (int i = 0; i < (int) a2b2.size(); i++)
            r[i] -= a2b2[i];

        for (int i = 0; i < (int) r.size(); i++)
            res[i + k] += r[i];
        for (int i = 0; i < (int) a1b1.size(); i++)
            res[i] += a1b1[i];
        for (int i = 0; i < (int) a2b2.size(); i++)
            res[i + n] += a2b2[i];
        return res;
    }

    bigint operator*(const bigint &v) const {
        vector<int> a6 = convert_base(this->a, base_digits, 6);
        vector<int> b6 = convert_base(v.a, base_digits, 6);
        vll a(a6.begin(), a6.end());
        vll b(b6.begin(), b6.end());
        while (a.size() < b.size())
            a.push_back(0);
        while (b.size() < a.size())
            b.push_back(0);
        while (a.size() & (a.size() - 1))
            a.push_back(0), b.push_back(0);
        vll c = karatsubaMultiply(a, b);
        bigint res;
        res.sign = sign * v.sign;
        for (int i = 0, carry = 0; i < (int) c.size(); i++) {
            long long cur = c[i] + carry;
            res.a.push_back((int) (cur % 1000000));
            carry = (int) (cur / 1000000);
        }
        res.a = convert_base(res.a, 6, base_digits);
        res.trim();
        return res;
    }
};
 //use :  bigint var;
//template for biginit over





int main()
{  
   bigint var=10909000890789;
   cout<<var;
return 0;
}
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