s21_decimal

Implementation of my own s21_decimal.h library.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Information

Introduction

In this project I have implemented the s21_decimal.h library in the C programming language. This library added the ability to work with the "decimal" type, which is not in the language standard. Nevertheless, this type is critically important. For financial calculations, for example, where errors of calculations characteristic of types with floating point are unacceptable.

Information

The Decimal value type represents decimal numbers ranging from positive 79,228,162,514,264,337,593,543,950,335 to negative 79,228,162,514,264,337,593,543,950,335. The default value of a Decimal is 0. The Decimal value type is appropriate for financial calculations that require large numbers of significant integral and fractional digits and no round-off errors. The Decimal type does not eliminate the need for rounding. Rather, it minimizes errors due to rounding.

When the result of the division and multiplication is passed to the Round method, the result suffers no loss of precision.

A decimal number is a floating-point value that consists of a sign, a numeric value where each digit in the value ranges from 0 to 9, and a scaling factor that indicates the position of a floating decimal point that separates the integral and fractional parts of the numeric value.

The binary representation of a Decimal value consists of a 1-bit sign, a 96-bit integer number, and a scaling factor used to divide the 96-bit integer and specify what portion of it is a decimal fraction. The scaling factor is implicitly the number 10, raised to an exponent ranging from 0 to 28. Therefore, the binary representation of a Decimal value the form, ((-2^96 to 2^96) / 10^(0 to 28)), where -(2^96-1) is equal to MinValue, and 2^96-1 is equal to MaxValue.

The scaling factor also can preserve any trailing zeros in a Decimal number. Trailing zeros do not affect the value of a Decimal number in arithmetic or comparison operations.

Binary representation

The binary representation of a Decimal number consists of a 1-bit sign, a 96-bit integer number, and a scaling factor used to divide the integer number and specify what portion of it is a decimal fraction. The scaling factor is implicitly the number 10, raised to an exponent ranging from 0 to 28.

Decimal number can be implemented as a four-element array of 32-bit signed integers (int bits[4];).

bits[0], bits[1], and bits[2] contain the low, middle, and high 32 bits of the 96-bit integer number accordingly.

bits[3] contains the scale factor and sign, and consists of following parts:

• Bits 0 to 15, the lower word, are unused and must be zero.
• Bits 16 to 23 must contain an exponent between 0 and 28, which indicates the power of 10 to divide the integer number.
• Bits 24 to 30 are unused and must be zero.
• Bit 31 contains the sign; 0 meaning positive, and 1 meaning negative.

Arithmetic Operators

Operator name	Operators	Function
Addition	+	int s21_add(s21_decimal value_1, s21_decimal value_2, s21_decimal *result)
Subtraction	-	int s21_sub(s21_decimal value_1, s21_decimal value_2, s21_decimal *result)
Multiplication	*	int s21_mul(s21_decimal value_1, s21_decimal value_2, s21_decimal *result)
Division	/	int s21_div(s21_decimal value_1, s21_decimal value_2, s21_decimal *result)
Modulo	Mod	int s21_mod(s21_decimal value_1, s21_decimal value_2, s21_decimal *result)

The functions return the error code:

• 0 - OK
• 1 - the number is too large or equal to infinity
• 2 - the number is too small or equal to negative infinity
• 3 - division by 0

Comparison Operators

Operator name	Operators	Function
Less than	<	int s21_is_less(s21_decimal, s21_decimal)
Less than or equal to	<=	int s21_is_less_or_equal(s21_decimal, s21_decimal)
Greater than	>	int s21_is_greater(s21_decimal, s21_decimal)
Greater than or equal to	>=	int s21_is_greater_or_equal(s21_decimal, s21_decimal)
Equal to	==	int s21_is_equal(s21_decimal, s21_decimal)
Not equal to	!=	int s21_is_not_equal(s21_decimal, s21_decimal)

Return value:

• 0 - FALSE
• 1 - TRUE

Convertors and parsers

Convertor/parser	Function
From int	int s21_from_int_to_decimal(int src, s21_decimal *dst)
From float	int s21_from_float_to_decimal(float src, s21_decimal *dst)
To int	int s21_from_decimal_to_int(s21_decimal src, int *dst)
To float	int s21_from_decimal_to_float(s21_decimal src, float *dst)

Return value - code error:

• 0 - OK
• 1 - convertation error

Another functions

Description	Function
Rounds a specified Decimal number to the closest integer toward negative infinity.	int s21_floor(s21_decimal value, s21_decimal *result)
Rounds a decimal value to the nearest integer.	int s21_round(s21_decimal value, s21_decimal *result)
Returns the integral digits of the specified Decimal; any fractional digits are discarded, including trailing zeroes.	int s21_truncate(s21_decimal value, s21_decimal *result)
Returns the result of multiplying the specified Decimal value by negative one.	int s21_negate(s21_decimal value, s21_decimal *result)

Return value - code error:

• 0 - OK
• 1 - calculation error