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From: wilkins@mailer.jhuapl.edu (Al Wilkins)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Breadking 4 billion n
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Date: 10 Aug 90 13:09:56 GMT
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Reply-To: wilkins@mailer.jhuapl.edu (Al Wilkins)
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Hey, I have the same problem. It depends on what you want to do with the
numbers. If you are only totaling, you can use a counter to increment the
billions. When your total is greater that 1 billion, add one to the increment
variable and subtract 1 billion from the total. If you are going to manipulate
the total, then I don't know that you can do it. Unsigned Long maximum is
2^32.


Carl Schelin
(using Al's machine)
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