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</pre></div></div></div><scripttype="text/javascript">AddLanguageTabSet("ID0EDCA");</script><h4class="subHeading">Parameters</h4><dl><dt><spanclass="parameter">rop</span></dt><dd>Type:<ahref="37c88d6c-8d02-2330-ad77-f20fb73d1677.htm">Math.Gmp.Native<spanid="LSTB9A79BE3_1"></span><scripttype="text/javascript">AddLanguageSpecificTextSet("LSTB9A79BE3_1?cs=.|vb=.|cpp=::|nu=.|fs=.");</script>mpf_t</a><br/>The result float.</dd><dt><spanclass="parameter">prec</span></dt><dd>Type:<ahref="1b2b1d64-20c1-7a64-0278-d9ff58ee9cc3.htm">Math.Gmp.Native<spanid="LSTB9A79BE3_2"></span><scripttype="text/javascript">AddLanguageSpecificTextSet("LSTB9A79BE3_2?cs=.|vb=.|cpp=::|nu=.|fs=.");</script>mp_bitcnt_t</a><br/>The minimum precision in bits.</dd></dl></div><divclass="collapsibleAreaRegion"><spanclass="collapsibleRegionTitle"onclick="SectionExpandCollapse('ID2RB')"onkeypress="SectionExpandCollapse_CheckKey('ID2RB', event)"tabindex="0"><imgid="ID2RBToggle"class="collapseToggle"src="../icons/SectionExpanded.png"/>Remarks</span></div><divid="ID2RBSection"class="collapsibleSection"><p><spanclass="parameter">prec</span> must be no more than the allocated precision for <spanclass="parameter">rop</span>,
that being the precision when <spanclass="parameter">rop</span> was initialized, or in the most recent <ahref="438e6843-fc7b-4e6f-9ac0-d97a2773b032.htm">mpf_set_prec</a>.
Before calling <ahref="3a2a17ed-a64c-8716-7f65-18c661a5279f.htm">mpf_clear</a> or the full <ahref="438e6843-fc7b-4e6f-9ac0-d97a2773b032.htm">mpf_set_prec</a>, another <spanclass="selflink">mpf_set_prec_raw</span> call
</p><p><ahref="96c4a09e-3f83-00ab-30d0-78a82764b0ce.htm">mpf_get_prec</a> can be used before <spanclass="selflink">mpf_set_prec_raw</span> to get the original allocated precision.
After <spanclass="selflink">mpf_set_prec_raw</span> it reflects the prec value set.
</p><p><spanclass="selflink">mpf_set_prec_raw</span> is an efficient way to use an <ahref="37c88d6c-8d02-2330-ad77-f20fb73d1677.htm">mpf_t</a> variable at different precisions during a calculation,
<spanclass="highlight-comment">// Release unmanaged memory allocated for x and y.</span>
gmp_lib.mpf_clear(x);
gmp_lib.mpq_clear(y);</pre></div><divid="ID0EDAABA_code_Div2"class="codeSnippetContainerCode"style="display: none"><prexml:space="preserve"><spanclass="highlight-comment">' Set default precision to 128 bits.</span>
gmp_lib.mpq_clear(y)</pre></div><divid="ID0EDAABA_code_Div3"class="codeSnippetContainerCode"style="display: none"><p>No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.</p></div><divid="ID0EDAABA_code_Div4"class="codeSnippetContainerCode"style="display: none"><p>No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.</p></div></div></div><scripttype="text/javascript">AddLanguageTabSet("ID0EDAABA");</script></div><divclass="collapsibleAreaRegion"id="seeAlsoSection"><spanclass="collapsibleRegionTitle"onclick="SectionExpandCollapse('ID4RB')"onkeypress="SectionExpandCollapse_CheckKey('ID4RB', event)"tabindex="0"><imgid="ID4RBToggle"class="collapseToggle"src="../icons/SectionExpanded.png"/>See Also</span></div><divid="ID4RBSection"class="collapsibleSection"><h4class="subHeading">Reference</h4><divclass="seeAlsoStyle"><ahref="3af6b34c-3242-2b75-e7c7-ab79af8a4b0f.htm">gmp_lib Class</a></div><divclass="seeAlsoStyle"><ahref="d9c51b9f-0c54-770b-28ea-6eebd8fef368.htm">Math.Gmp.Native Namespace</a></div><divclass="seeAlsoStyle"><ahref="9e93d02e-f5c7-1a6f-68fe-a33d793a93e2.htm">mpf_set_default_prec</a></div><divclass="seeAlsoStyle"><ahref="1ca4ec7e-b5d1-3b51-8341-5a345990e62d.htm">mpf_get_default_prec</a></div><divclass="seeAlsoStyle"><ahref="0dd846ac-56b6-3ea8-0441-12490f67fbf7.htm">mpf_init</a></div><divclass="seeAlsoStyle"><ahref="98083eac-9993-41b2-4943-678785fce712.htm">mpf_init2</a></div><divclass="seeAlsoStyle"><ahref="018278a0-148f-c898-5bd0-42aae4ae0069.htm">mpf_inits</a></div><divclass="seeAlsoStyle"><ahref="3a2a17ed-a64c-8716-7f65-18c661a5279f.htm">mpf_clear</a></div><divclass="seeAlsoStyle"><ahref="bfb87570-3b2e-079a-1528-3746424bbdef.htm">mpf_clears</a></div><divclass="seeAlsoStyle"><ahref="96c4a09e-3f83-00ab-30d0-78a82764b0ce.htm">mpf_get_prec</a></div><divclass="seeAlsoStyle"><ahref="438e6843-fc7b-4e6f-9ac0-d97a2773b032.htm">mpf_set_prec</a></div><divclass="seeAlsoStyle"><ahref="3af6b34c-3242-2b75-e7c7-ab79af8a4b0f.htm"><ahref="/Math.Gmp.Native/html/3af6b34c-3242-2b75-e7c7-ab79af8a4b0f.htm#Initializing_Floats">Initializing Floats</a></a></div><divclass="seeAlsoStyle"><ahref="3af6b34c-3242-2b75-e7c7-ab79af8a4b0f.htm"><ahref="https://gmplib.org/manual/Initializing-Floats.html#Initializing-Floats">GNU MP - Initializing Floats</a></a></div></div></div></div><divid="pageFooter"class="pageFooter"></div></body></html>