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<H1 CLASS="chapter"><A NAME="htoc254">Chapter 22</A> The num library: arbitrary-precision rational arithmetic</H1>
The <TT>num</TT> library implements integer arithmetic and rational
arithmetic in arbitrary precision.<BR>
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More documentation on the functions provided in this library can be found
in <EM>The CAML Numbers Reference Manual</EM> by
Valrie Mnissier-Morain, technical report 141, INRIA, july 1992
(available electronically,
<TT>ftp://ftp.inria.fr/INRIA/publication/RT/RT-0141.ps.gz</TT>).<BR>
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Programs that use the <TT>num</TT> library must be linked as follows:
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ocamlc <I>other options</I> nums.cma <I>other files</I>
ocamlopt <I>other options</I> nums.cmxa <I>other files</I>
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For interactive use of the <TT>nums</TT> library, do:
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ocamlmktop -o mytop nums.cma
./mytop
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or (if dynamic linking of C libraries is supported on your platform),
start <TT>ocaml</TT> and type <TT>#load "nums.cma";;</TT>.<BR>
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<li><a HREF="libref/Num.html"> Module <tt>Num</tt>: operation on arbitrary-precision numbers</a></li>
<li><a HREF="libref/Big_int.html"> Module <tt>Big_int</tt>: operations on arbitrary-precision integers</a></li>
<li><a HREF="libref/Arith_status.html"> Module <tt>Arith_status</tt>: flags that control rational arithmetic</a></li>
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