defmodule ApaSub do @moduledoc """ APA : Arbitrary Precision Arithmetic - Subtraction - ApaSub. """ @doc """ Subtraction - internal function - please call Apa.sub(left, right) In reference to bcmath I call this function bc_sub """ @spec bc_sub(String.t(), String.t(), integer(), integer()) :: String.t() | Exception def bc_sub(left, right, precision, scale) when is_binary(left) and is_binary(right) do {left_int, left_exp} = ApaNumber.from_string(left) {right_int, right_exp} = ApaNumber.from_string(right) bc_sub_apa_number({left_int, left_exp}, {right_int, right_exp}) |> ApaNumber.to_string(precision, scale) end @spec bc_sub({integer(), integer()}, {integer(), integer()}, integer(), integer()) :: {integer(), integer()} def bc_sub({left_int, left_exp}, {right_int, right_exp}, _precision, _scale) when is_integer(left_int) and is_integer(left_exp) and is_integer(right_int) and is_integer(right_exp) do bc_sub_apa_number({left_int, left_exp}, {right_int, right_exp}) end def bc_sub(left, right, precision, scale) do raise(ArgumentError, "No string input: left: #{inspect(left)} right: #{inspect(right)} precision: #{inspect(precision)} scale: #{inspect(scale)} ") end @spec bc_sub_apa_number({integer(), integer()}, {integer(), integer()}) :: {integer(), integer()} def bc_sub_apa_number({left_int, left_exp}, {right_int, right_exp}) do ApaAdd.bc_add_apa_number({left_int, left_exp}, {right_int * -1, right_exp}) end end