How can I add and subtract 128 bit integers in C or C++ if my compiler does not support them?

Question

I\'m writing a compressor for a long stream of 128 bit numbers. I would like to store the numbers as differences -- storing only the difference between the numbers rather th

Answer 1

Take a look at GMP.

#include 
#include 

int main (int argc, char** argv) {
    mpz_t x, y, z;
    char *xs, *ys, *zs;
    int i;
    int base[4] = {2, 8, 10, 16};

    /* setting the value of x in base 10 */
    mpz_init_set_str(x, "100000000000000000000000000000000", 10);

    /* setting the value of y in base 16 */
    mpz_init_set_str(y, "FF", 16);

    /* just initalizing the result variable */
    mpz_init(z);

    mpz_sub(z, x, y);

    for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
        xs = mpz_get_str(NULL, base[i], x);
        ys = mpz_get_str(NULL, base[i], y);
        zs = mpz_get_str(NULL, base[i], z);

        /* print all three in base 10 */
        printf("x = %s\ny = %s\nz = %s\n\n", xs, ys, zs);

        free(xs);
        free(ys);
        free(zs);
    }

    return 0;
}

The output is

x = 10011101110001011010110110101000001010110111000010110101100111011111000000100000000000000000000000000000000
y = 11111111
z = 10011101110001011010110110101000001010110111000010110101100111011111000000011111111111111111111111100000001

x = 235613266501267026547370040000000000
y = 377
z = 235613266501267026547370037777777401

x = 100000000000000000000000000000000
y = 255
z = 99999999999999999999999999999745

x = 4ee2d6d415b85acef8100000000
y = ff
z = 4ee2d6d415b85acef80ffffff01