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commit 9ef1050bb39cb57f4bdf4430761cfb585b4ab014 (tree)
parent 41594c19034bc609066870f2fc5011929d820ade
Author: Andrew Kelley <andrew@ziglang.org>
Date:   Sun,  1 Mar 2026 03:35:16 +0100

Merge pull request 'std.math.big.int: add log2 and log10 operations' (#31365) from hemisputnik/zig:work/13642-bigint-log2-log10 into master

Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/ziglang/zig/pulls/31365
Reviewed-by: Andrew Kelley <andrew@ziglang.org>

Diffstat:
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lib/std/math/big/int.zig
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61
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lib/std/math/big/int_test.zig
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37
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2 files changed, 98 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/std/math/big/int.zig b/lib/std/math/big/int.zig
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ pub fn calcLimbLen(scalar: anytype) usize {
     }
 }
 
+/// Same as `calcToStringLimbsBufferLen`, without the useless base check.
+pub fn calcLog10LimbsBufferLen(a_len: usize) usize {
+    return a_len + 2 + a_len + calcDivLimbsBufferLen(a_len, 1);
+}
+
 pub fn calcToStringLimbsBufferLen(a_len: usize, base: u8) usize {
     if (math.isPowerOfTwo(base))
         return 0;
@@ -2670,6 +2675,62 @@ pub const Const = struct {
         }
         return @min(result, bits);
     }
+
+    /// Calculate the base 2 logarithm, rounded down.
+    pub fn log2(a: Const) Limb {
+        return a.limbs.len * @bitSizeOf(Limb) - 1 - @clz(a.limbs[a.limbs.len - 1]);
+    }
+
+    /// Calculate the base 10 logarithm, rounded down.
+    ///
+    /// The allocator is used to allocate a temporary buffer.
+    pub fn log10Alloc(a: Const, allocator: Allocator) Allocator.Error!Limb {
+        const limbs_buffer = try allocator.alloc(Limb, calcLog10LimbsBufferLen(a.limbs.len));
+        defer allocator.free(limbs_buffer);
+
+        return a.log10(limbs_buffer);
+    }
+
+    /// Calculate the base 10 logarithm, rounded down.
+    ///
+    /// `limbs_buffer` is used for temporary storage. The amount required is given by `calcLog10LimbsBufferLen`.
+    pub fn log10(a: Const, limbs_buffer: []Limb) Limb {
+        const max_digits_per_limb = std.math.log10(std.math.maxInt(Limb));
+        const limb_base = comptime calc: {
+            var limb_base: comptime_int = 1;
+            for (0..max_digits_per_limb) |_| limb_base *= 10;
+            break :calc limb_base;
+        };
+        const limb_base_as_bigint: Const = .{ .limbs = &.{limb_base}, .positive = true };
+
+        var q: Mutable = .{
+            .limbs = limbs_buffer[0 .. a.limbs.len + 2],
+            .positive = true,
+            .len = a.limbs.len,
+        };
+        @memcpy(q.limbs[0..a.limbs.len], a.limbs);
+
+        var remainder: Mutable = .{
+            .limbs = limbs_buffer[q.limbs.len..][0..a.limbs.len],
+            .positive = true,
+            .len = 1,
+        };
+
+        const division_buf = limbs_buffer[q.limbs.len + remainder.limbs.len ..];
+
+        var num_digits: Limb = 0;
+        while (q.len >= 2) {
+            q.divTrunc(&remainder, q.toConst(), limb_base_as_bigint, division_buf);
+            num_digits += max_digits_per_limb;
+        }
+        var remaining_limb = q.limbs[0];
+        while (remaining_limb != 0) {
+            remaining_limb /= 10;
+            num_digits += 1;
+        }
+
+        return num_digits - 1;
+    }
 };
 
 /// An arbitrary-precision big integer along with an allocator which manages the memory.
diff --git a/lib/std/math/big/int_test.zig b/lib/std/math/big/int_test.zig
@@ -4072,3 +4072,40 @@ test "ctz" {
     try testing.expectEqual(0, limb_max_squared.ctz(@bitSizeOf(Limb) * 2));
     try testing.expectEqual(0, limb_max_squared.ctz(@bitSizeOf(Limb) * 2 + 1));
 }
+
+test "log2" {
+    var a = try Managed.init(testing.allocator);
+    defer a.deinit();
+
+    try a.setString(2, "1");
+    try testing.expectEqual(0, a.toConst().log2());
+
+    try a.setString(2, "1111011");
+    try testing.expectEqual(6, a.toConst().log2());
+
+    try a.setString(2, "10100111011101010");
+    try testing.expectEqual(16, a.toConst().log2());
+
+    try a.setString(16, "a22d71c87a9ce406da4f5895f9f3cc3d603192baf6c8a2b5c32649d0465bf188fe799b3618085e49d71bdaec01");
+    try testing.expectEqual(359, a.toConst().log2());
+}
+
+test "log10" {
+    var a = try Managed.init(testing.allocator);
+    defer a.deinit();
+
+    try a.setString(10, "1");
+    try testing.expectEqual(0, a.toConst().log10Alloc(testing.allocator));
+
+    try a.setString(10, "1234");
+    try testing.expectEqual(3, a.toConst().log10Alloc(testing.allocator));
+
+    try a.setString(10, "123456789");
+    try testing.expectEqual(8, a.toConst().log10Alloc(testing.allocator));
+
+    try a.setString(10, "57594534510580048222343352832931567593656037535732288627581929757527496850784");
+    try testing.expectEqual(76, a.toConst().log10Alloc(testing.allocator));
+
+    try a.setString(10, "504758845984192913149382719638135788792820830414213085834451043864912744833203879823150928260925344757009154551640690830148486352800955148298533547472300");
+    try testing.expectEqual(152, a.toConst().log10Alloc(testing.allocator));
+}