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diff --git a/test/mpfranswer42.awk b/test/mpfranswer42.awk new file mode 100644 index 00000000..41ca6211 --- /dev/null +++ b/test/mpfranswer42.awk @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +# This test case adds some numbers and the answer is 42. +# It was written to honour the scientists who solved a longstanding +# problem that was made popular by Douglas Adams in his book +# The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. +# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_(number)#The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy +# In September 2019, the University of Bristol made a release +# about the solution they found: +# https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2019/september/sum-of-three-cubes-.html +# +# This test case uses GAWK's big numbers to reproduce the calculation. + +BEGIN { + x = -80538738812075974 + y = 80435758145817515 + z = 12602123297335631 + print x^3 + y^3 + z^3 +} + |