How does BigInteger store its data?

Question

I\'ve been searching around for quite a while, and I\'ve found almost nothing on how BigInteger actually holds its numbers. Are they an array of chars? Somethin

Answer 1

The most common way of representing numbers is by using the positional notation system. Numbers are written using digits to represent multiples of powers of the specified base. The base that we are most familiar with and use everyday, is base 10. When we write the number 12345 in base 10, it actually means: 12345 = 1*10^4 + 2*10^3 + 3*10^2 + 4*10^1 + 5*10^0

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