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bcdiv

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

bcdivDivide two arbitrary precision numbers

Description

string bcdiv ( string $left_operand , string $right_operand [, int $scale ] )

Divides the left_operand by the right_operand .

Parameters

left_operand

The left operand, as a string.

right_operand

The right operand, as a string.

scale

This optional parameter is used to set the number of digits after the decimal place in the result. You can also set the global default scale for all functions by using bcscale().

Return Values

Returns the result of the division as a string, or NULL if right_operand is 0.

Examples

Example #1 bcdiv() example

<?php

echo bcdiv('105''6.55957'3);  // 16.007

?>

See Also



bcmod> <bccomp
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bcdiv
no at answer dot com
05-Jul-2008 01:06
If you don't have bcmath installed and you need to use bcdiv() with a defined precision / scale you may need this function:

if( !function_exists( "bcdiv" ) )
{
    function bcdiv( $first, $second, $scale = 0 )
    {
        $res = $first / $second;
        return round( $res, $scale );
    }
}
MM
18-Jan-2008 03:29
Perhaps some one can find useful this function to compute the modular inverse of a integer (extended euclidean algorithm):

  function invmod($a,$b) {
    $n=$b;
    $x=0; $lx=1; $y=1; $ly=0;
    while ($b) {
      $t=$b;
      $q=bcdiv($a,$b,0);
      $b=bcmod($a,$b);
      $a=$t;
      $t=$x; $x=bcsub($lx,bcmod(bcmul($q,$x),$n)); $lx=$t;
      $t=$y; $y=bcsub($ly,bcmod(bcmul($q,$y),$n)); $ly=$t;
    }
    if (bccomp($lx,0) == -1)
      $lx=bcadd($lx,$n);
    return $lx;
  }

  // verify

  $n="2447995268898324993537772139997802321";
  $t="64941057316178801556773346239351236811";
  $m="123456789";
  $i=invmod($t,$n);
  // (t*m)*inv(t) is m
  echo bcmod(bcmul(bcmod(bcmul($t,$m),$n),$i),$n) == $m;
Gautam
29-Aug-2007 07:56
<?php
 
//converting in to required precision of decimal points
$result= bcdiv(89.99999999997,2.57865741235478,2);
 echo
"$result"// 34.90 result with 2 decimal points
?>
cristianDOTzuddas]NOSPAM[gmailDOTcom
24-Jul-2005 05:10
Decimal to binary conversion, using BC Math.
Note: this function is VERY slow if the decimal number is too big!

<?
function bc_decbin($dec_str) {
    if (strlen($dec_str)>0) {
        $bin_str = '';
        do {
            if (((int)$dec_str[strlen($dec_str)-1] % 2) === 0)
                $bin_str .= '0';
            else
                $bin_str .= '1';
           
            $dec_str = bcdiv($dec_str, '2');
        } while ($dec_str!='0');
       
        return strrev($bin_str);
    }
    else
        return null;
}
?>

-----
Cristian
www.CodeFlower.com

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