# $Id: NoCarry.pm 2454 2007-12-09 06:29:57Z comdog $ package Math::NoCarry; use strict; use warnings; no warnings; use base qw(Exporter); use vars qw($VERSION @EXPORT_OK %EXPORT_TAGS); @EXPORT_OK = qw(add subtract multiply); %EXPORT_TAGS = ( all => [ @EXPORT_OK ] ); $VERSION = 1.11; =head1 NAME Math::NoCarry - Perl extension for no carry arithmetic =head1 SYNOPSIS use Math::NoCarry qw(:all); my $sum = add( 123, 456 ); my $difference = subtract( 123, 456 ); my $product = multiply( 123, 456 ); =head1 DESCRIPTION No carry arithmetic doesn't allow you to carry digits to the next column. For example, if you add 8 and 4, you normally expect the answer to be 12, but that 1 digit is a carry. In no carry arithmetic you can't do that, so the sum of 8 and 4 is just 2. In effect, this is addition modulo 10 in each column. I discard all of the carry digits in this example: 1234 + 5678 ------ 6802 For multiplication, the result of pair-wise multiplication of digits is the modulo 10 value of their normal, everyday multiplication. 123 x 456 ----- 8 6 x 3 2 6 x 2 6 6 x 1 5 5 x 3 0 5 x 2 5 5 x 1 2 4 x 3 8 4 x 2 + 4 4 x 1 ------- 43878 Since multiplication and subtraction are actually types of additions, you can multiply and subtract like this as well. No carry arithmetic is both associative and commutative. =head2 Functions As of version 1.11, all of these functions are exportable on demand, or with the tag C<:all> to get them all at once. =over 4 =item multiply( A, B ) Returns the no carry product of A and B. Return A if it is the only argument ( A x 1 ); =cut sub multiply { return $_[0] if $#_ < 1; @_ = map { $_ += 0 } @_; my $sign = ($_[0] > 0 and $_[1] < 0 ) || ($_[1] > 0 and $_[0] < 0 ); my @p0 = reverse split //, abs $_[0]; my @p1 = reverse split //, abs $_[1]; my @m; foreach my $i ( 0 .. $#p0 ) { foreach my $j ( 0 .. $#p1 ) { push @m, ( ( $p1[$j] * $p0[$i] ) % 10 ) * ( 10**($i+$j) ); } } while( @m > 1 ) { unshift @m, Math::NoCarry::add( shift @m, shift @m ); } $m[0] *= -1 if $sign; return $m[0]; } =item add( A, B ) Returns the no carry sum of the positive numbers A and B. Returns A if it is the only argument ( A + 0 ) Returns false if either number is negative. =cut sub add { return $_[0] if $#_ < 1; @_ = map { local $^W; $_ += 0 } @_; return unless( $_[0] >= 0 and $_[1] >= 0 ); my @addends = map scalar reverse, @_; my $string = ''; my $max = length $addends[0]; $max = length $addends[1] if length $addends[1] > $max; for( my $i = 0; $i < $max ; $i++ ) { my @digits = map { local $^W = 0; substr( $_, $i, 1) or 0 } @addends; my $sum = ( $digits[0] + $digits[1] ) % 10; $string .= $sum; } $string =~ s/0*$//; $string = scalar reverse $string; return $string; } =item subtract( A, B ) Returns the no carry difference of the postive numbers A and B. Returns A if it is the only argument ( A - 0 ) Returns false if either number is negative. =cut sub subtract { return $_[0] if $#_ < 1; return unless( $_[0] >= 0 and $_[1] >= 0); my @addends = map scalar reverse, @_; my $string = ''; my $max = length $addends[0]; $max = length $addends[1] if length $addends[1] > $max; for( my $i = 0; $i < $max ; $i++ ) { my @digits = map { substr $_, $i, 1 } @addends; $digits[0] += 10 if $digits[0] < $digits[1]; my $sum = ( $digits[0] - $digits[1] ) % 10; $string .= $sum; } return scalar reverse $string; } 1; __END__ =back =head1 BUGS * none reported yet :) =head1 TO DO * this could be a full object package with overloaded +, *, and - operators * it would be nice if i could give the functions more than two arguments. * addition and subtraction don't do negative numbers. =head1 SOURCE AVAILABILITY This source is part of a SourceForge project which always has the latest sources in SVN, as well as all of the previous releases. http://sourceforge.net/projects/brian-d-foy/ If, for some reason, I disappear from the world, one of the other members of the project can shepherd this module appropriately. =head1 AUTHOR brian d foy, C<< >> =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Copyright (c) 2002-2007 brian d foy. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =cut