Entering a very large number

[Joe Pfeiffer]

ast <none at gmail.com> writes:

> Hi
>
> I found this way to put a large number in
> a variable.
>
> C = int(
> "28871482380507712126714295971303939919776094592797"
> "22700926516024197432303799152733116328983144639225"
> "94197780311092934965557841894944174093380561511397"
> "99994215424169339729054237110027510420801349667317"
> "55152859226962916775325475044445856101949404200039"
> "90443211677661994962953925045269871932907037356403"
> "22737012784538991261203092448414947289768854060249"
> "76768122077071687938121709811322297802059565867")
>
> It works but is it not optimal since there is a
> string to int conversion.
>
> I was not able to put an integer directly because
> character '\' for line cut doesnt work inside an
> integer
>
> C = \
> 28871482380507712126714295971303939919776094592797\
> 22700926516024197432303799152733116328983144639225\
> ...
> 76768122077071687938121709811322297802059565867

After following the thread for a while...  you will, of course, simply
have to do a string to int conversion no matter what approach you take
to writing it.  The number is a string of digits; it has to be converted
to the internal representation.  Even if you write

C = 2887148238050771212671429597130393991977609459279722700926516024197432303799152733116328983144639225941977803110929349655578418949441740933805615113979999421542416933972905423711002751042080134966731755152859226962916775325475044445856101949404200039904432116776619949629539250452698719329070373564032273701278453899126120309244841494728976885406024976768122077071687938121709811322297802059565867

the conversion happens.  Of all the variations people have proposed to
try to make the number more readable, the one you started with above
seems clearest to me.