@pacote/u64

Unsigned 64-bit integers.

This package exists because while modern JavaScript environments support very large integers via the BigInt type, it is not available in older browsers and tooling doesn't always transpile BigInt operations into a backwards-compatible format.

U64 also turned out to be more performant than BigInt in tests. @pacote's implementation of the XXH64 algorithm based on U64 is 4.5 times faster than the one based on BigInt, although optimizations to JavaScript runtimes might change this in the future.

If you target ECMAScript 2020 or later, and you do not care about the differences in performance, you will probably not need this.

The U64 type provided by this package is represented as a tuple of four 16-bit integers. For example, the number 1 is [1, 0, 0, 0]. It is not an object class with built-in methods. Instead of methods, the package provides functions to support commonly-used operations.

Installation

yarn add @pacote/u64
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Example

import { add, from, toString } from '@pacote/u64'

const result = add(from('1609587929392839161'), from('9650029242287828579'))

toString(result) // -> '11259617171680667740'
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Comparison functions

equals(a: U64, b: U64): U64

Compares two U64 values and returns true if they are numerically equivalent, otherwise returns false.

lessThan(a: U64, b: U64): U64

Compares two U64 values and returns true if a is smaller than b, otherwise returns false.

greaterThan(a: U64, b: U64): U64

Compares two U64 values and returns true if a is greater than b, otherwise returns false.

Binary bitwise functions

and(a: U64, b: U64): U64

The bitwise AND function returns a 1 in each bit position for which the corresponding bits of both operands are 1s. Equivalent to the numeric & operator.

or(a: U64, b: U64): U64

The bitwise OR function returns a 1 in each bit position for which the corresponding bits of either operand are 1s. Equivalent to the numeric | operator.

xor(a: U64, b: U64): U64

The bitwise XOR function returns a 1 in each bit position for which the corresponding bits of either but not both operands are 1s. Equivalent to the numeric ^ operator.

Bitwise shift functions

rotateLeft(value: U64, bits: number): U64

The left rotate function circularly shifts the value the specified number of bits to the left. Bits shifted off to the left appear on the right.

rotateRight(value: U64, bits: number): U64

The right rotate function circularly shifts the value the specified number of bits to the right. Bits shifted off to the right appear on the left.

shiftLeft(value: U64, bits: number): U64

The left shift function shifts the value the specified number of bits to the left. Excess bits shifted off to the left are discarded. Zero bits are shifted in from the right. Equivalent to the numeric << operator.

shiftRight(value: U64, bits: number): U64

The right shift function shifts the value the specified number of bits to the right. Excess bits shifted off to the right are discarded. Zero bits are shifted in from the left. The sign bit becomes 0, so the result is always non-negative. Equivalent to the numeric >>> operator.

Conversion functions

toNumber(value: U64): number

Coerces a U64 value to number.

Because JavaScript numbers are not 64-bit, precision may be lost when converting. Only numbers with up to 32-bit precision (2^32, or 4294967296) can be safely converted into number.

toString(value: U64, radix?: number): string

Returns a string representing the value in the specified radix (base). If not provided radix defaults to 10.

License

MIT © Luís Rodrigues.