bsnote / erlang-decimal

erlang-decimal

An Erlang decimal arithmetic library.

Quick start

$ make
...
$ erl -pa ebin
...
1> decimal:add("1.3", "1.07").
{0,237,-2}
2> decimal:format({0,237,-2}).
"2.37"
3> decimal:format(decimal:subtract("1.3", "1.07")).
"0.23"
4> decimal:format(decimal:sqrt("10")).
"3.16227766"
5> decimal:format(decimal:sqrt("10", [{precision, 3}])).
"3.16"

Notes

This work is based on the "General Decimal Arithmetic" specification.

The "decimal" module defines the complete public interface.

Bug reports/fixes welcome.