Multiply() public static method

Returns the product of two BigInteger values.
public static Multiply ( BigInteger left, BigInteger right ) : BigInteger
left BigInteger The first number to multiply.
right BigInteger The second number to multiply.
return BigInteger
        /// <summary>
        /// Parses a number and returns the corresponding double-precision value.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="reader"> The reader to read characters from. </param>
        /// <param name="firstChar"> The first character of the number.  Must be 0-9 or a period. </param>
        /// <param name="status"> Upon returning, contains the type of error if one occurred. </param>
        /// <param name="allowHex"> </param>
        /// <param name="allowOctal"> </param>
        /// <returns> The numeric value, or <c>NaN</c> if the number is invalid. </returns>
        internal static double ParseCore(TextReader reader, char firstChar, out ParseCoreStatus status, bool allowHex = true, bool allowOctal = true)
        {
            double result;

            // A count of the number of integral and fractional digits of the input number.
            int totalDigits = 0;

            // Assume success.
            status = ParseCoreStatus.Success;

            // If the number starts with '0' then the number is a hex literal or a octal literal.
            if (firstChar == '0' && (allowHex == true || allowOctal == true))
            {
                // Read the next char - should be 'x' or 'X' if this is a hex number (could be just '0').
                int c = reader.Peek();
                if ((c == 'x' || c == 'X') && allowHex == true)
                {
                    // Hex number.
                    reader.Read();

                    result = ParseHex(reader);
                    if (double.IsNaN(result) == true)
                    {
                        status = ParseCoreStatus.InvalidHexLiteral;
                        return(double.NaN);
                    }
                    status = ParseCoreStatus.HexLiteral;
                    return(result);
                }
                else if (c >= '0' && c <= '9' && allowOctal == true)
                {
                    // Octal number.
                    result = ParseOctal(reader);
                    if (double.IsNaN(result) == true)
                    {
                        status = ParseCoreStatus.InvalidOctalLiteral;
                        return(double.NaN);
                    }
                    status = ParseCoreStatus.OctalLiteral;
                    return(result);
                }
            }

            // desired1-3 hold the integral and fractional digits of the input number.
            // desired1 holds the first set of nine digits, desired2 holds the second set of nine
            // digits, desired3 holds the rest.
            int desired1 = 0;
            int desired2 = 0;
            var desired3 = BigInteger.Zero;

            // Indicates the base-10 scale factor of the output e.g. the result is
            // desired x 10^exponentBase10.
            int exponentBase10 = 0;

            // Read the integer component.
            if (firstChar >= '0' && firstChar <= '9')
            {
                desired1    = firstChar - '0';
                totalDigits = 1;
                while (true)
                {
                    int c = reader.Peek();
                    if (c < '0' || c > '9')
                    {
                        break;
                    }
                    reader.Read();

                    if (totalDigits < 9)
                    {
                        desired1 = desired1 * 10 + (c - '0');
                    }
                    else if (totalDigits < 18)
                    {
                        desired2 = desired2 * 10 + (c - '0');
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        desired3 = BigInteger.MultiplyAdd(desired3, 10, c - '0');
                    }
                    totalDigits++;
                }
            }

            if (firstChar == '.' || reader.Peek() == '.')
            {
                // Skip past the period.
                if (firstChar != '.')
                {
                    reader.Read();
                }

                // Read the fractional component.
                int fractionalDigits = 0;
                while (true)
                {
                    int c = reader.Peek();
                    if (c < '0' || c > '9')
                    {
                        break;
                    }
                    reader.Read();

                    if (totalDigits < 9)
                    {
                        desired1 = desired1 * 10 + (c - '0');
                    }
                    else if (totalDigits < 18)
                    {
                        desired2 = desired2 * 10 + (c - '0');
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        desired3 = BigInteger.MultiplyAdd(desired3, 10, c - '0');
                    }
                    totalDigits++;
                    fractionalDigits++;
                    exponentBase10--;
                }

                // Check if the number consists solely of a period.
                if (totalDigits == 0)
                {
                    status = ParseCoreStatus.NoDigits;
                    return(double.NaN);
                }

                // Check if the number has a period but no digits afterwards.
                if (fractionalDigits == 0)
                {
                    status = ParseCoreStatus.NoFraction;
                }
            }

            if (reader.Peek() == 'e' || reader.Peek() == 'E')
            {
                // Skip past the 'e'.
                reader.Read();

                // Read the sign of the exponent.
                bool exponentNegative = false;
                int  c = reader.Peek();
                if (c == '+')
                {
                    reader.Read();
                }
                else if (c == '-')
                {
                    reader.Read();
                    exponentNegative = true;
                }

                // Read the first character of the exponent.
                int firstExponentChar = reader.Read();

                // Check there is a number after the 'e'.
                int exponent = 0;
                if (firstExponentChar < '0' || firstExponentChar > '9')
                {
                    status = ParseCoreStatus.NoExponent;
                }
                else
                {
                    // Read the rest of the exponent.
                    exponent = firstExponentChar - '0';
                    int exponentDigits = 1;
                    while (true)
                    {
                        c = reader.Peek();
                        if (c < '0' || c > '9')
                        {
                            break;
                        }
                        reader.Read();
                        exponent = Math.Min(exponent * 10 + (c - '0'), 9999);
                        exponentDigits++;
                    }

                    // JSON does not allow a leading zero in front of the exponent.
                    if (firstExponentChar == '0' && exponentDigits > 1 && status == ParseCoreStatus.Success)
                    {
                        status = ParseCoreStatus.ExponentHasLeadingZero;
                    }
                }

                // Keep track of the overall base-10 exponent.
                exponentBase10 += exponentNegative ? -exponent : exponent;
            }

            // Calculate the integral and fractional portion of the number, scaled to an integer.
            if (totalDigits < 16)
            {
                // Combine desired1 and desired2 to produce an integer representing the final
                // result.
                result = (double)((long)desired1 * integerPowersOfTen[Math.Max(totalDigits - 9, 0)] + desired2);
            }
            else
            {
                // Combine desired1, desired2 and desired3 to produce an integer representing the
                // final result.
                var temp = desired3;
                desired3 = new BigInteger((long)desired1 * integerPowersOfTen[Math.Min(totalDigits - 9, 9)] + desired2);
                if (totalDigits > 18)
                {
                    desired3 = BigInteger.Multiply(desired3, BigInteger.Pow(10, totalDigits - 18));
                    desired3 = BigInteger.Add(desired3, temp);
                }
                result = desired3.ToDouble();
            }

            // Apply the base-10 exponent.
            if (exponentBase10 > 0)
            {
                result *= Math.Pow(10, exponentBase10);
            }
            else if (exponentBase10 < 0 && exponentBase10 >= -308)
            {
                result /= Math.Pow(10, -exponentBase10);
            }
            else if (exponentBase10 < -308)
            {
                // Note: 10^308 is the largest representable power of ten.
                result /= Math.Pow(10, 308);
                result /= Math.Pow(10, -exponentBase10 - 308);
            }

            // Numbers with 16 or more digits require the use of arbitrary precision arithmetic to
            // determine the correct answer.
            if (totalDigits >= 16)
            {
                return(RefineEstimate(result, exponentBase10, desired3));
            }

            return(result);
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Modifies the initial estimate until the closest double-precision number to the desired
        /// value is found.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="initialEstimate"> The initial estimate.  Assumed to be very close to the
        /// result. </param>
        /// <param name="base10Exponent"> The power-of-ten scale factor. </param>
        /// <param name="desiredValue"> The desired value, already scaled using the power-of-ten
        /// scale factor. </param>
        /// <returns> The closest double-precision number to the desired value.  If there are two
        /// such values, the one with the least significant bit set to zero is returned. </returns>
        private static double RefineEstimate(double initialEstimate, int base10Exponent, BigInteger desiredValue)
        {
            // Numbers with 16 digits or more are tricky because rounding error can cause the
            // result to be out by one or more ULPs (units in the last place).
            // The algorithm is as follows:
            // 1.  Use the initially calculated result as an estimate.
            // 2.  Create a second estimate by modifying the estimate by one ULP.
            // 3.  Calculate the actual value of both estimates to precision X (using arbitrary
            //     precision arithmetic).
            // 4.  If they are both above the desired value then decrease the estimates by 1
            //     ULP and goto step 3.
            // 5.  If they are both below the desired value then increase up the estimates by
            //     1 ULP and goto step 3.
            // 6.  One estimate must now be above the desired value and one below.
            // 7.  If one is estimate is clearly closer to the desired value than the other,
            //     then return that estimate.
            // 8.  Increase the precision by 32 bits.
            // 9.  If the precision is less than or equal to 160 bits goto step 3.
            // 10. Assume that the estimates are equally close to the desired value; return the
            //     value with the least significant bit equal to 0.
            int direction = double.IsPositiveInfinity(initialEstimate) ? -1 : 1;
            int precision = 32;

            // Calculate the candidate value by modifying the last bit.
            double result  = initialEstimate;
            double result2 = AddUlps(result, direction);

            // Figure out our multiplier.  Either base10Exponent is positive, in which case we
            // multiply actual1 and actual2, or it's negative, in which case we multiply
            // desiredValue.
            BigInteger multiplier = BigInteger.One;

            if (base10Exponent < 0)
            {
                multiplier = BigInteger.Pow(10, -base10Exponent);
            }
            else if (base10Exponent > 0)
            {
                desiredValue = BigInteger.Multiply(desiredValue, BigInteger.Pow(10, base10Exponent));
            }

            while (precision <= 160)
            {
                // Scale the candidate values to a big integer.
                var actual1 = ScaleToInteger(result, multiplier, precision);
                var actual2 = ScaleToInteger(result2, multiplier, precision);

                // Calculate the differences between the candidate values and the desired value.
                var baseline = BigInteger.LeftShift(desiredValue, precision);
                var diff1    = BigInteger.Subtract(actual1, baseline);
                var diff2    = BigInteger.Subtract(actual2, baseline);

                if (diff1.Sign == direction && diff2.Sign == direction)
                {
                    // We're going the wrong way!
                    direction = -direction;
                    result2   = AddUlps(result, direction);
                }
                else if (diff1.Sign == -direction && diff2.Sign == -direction)
                {
                    // Going the right way, but need to go further.
                    result  = result2;
                    result2 = AddUlps(result, direction);
                }
                else
                {
                    // Found two values that bracket the actual value.
                    // If one candidate value is closer to the actual value by at least 2 (one
                    // doesn't cut it because of the integer division) then use that value.
                    diff1 = BigInteger.Abs(diff1);
                    diff2 = BigInteger.Abs(diff2);
                    if (BigInteger.Compare(diff1, BigInteger.Subtract(diff2, BigInteger.One)) < 0)
                    {
                        return(result);
                    }
                    if (BigInteger.Compare(diff2, BigInteger.Subtract(diff1, BigInteger.One)) < 0)
                    {
                        return(result2);
                    }

                    // Not enough precision to determine the correct answer, or it's a halfway case.
                    // Increase the precision.
                    precision += 32;
                }

                // If result2 is NaN then we have gone too far.
                if (double.IsNaN(result2) == true)
                {
                    return(result);
                }
            }

            // Even with heaps of precision there is no clear winner.
            // Assume this is a halfway case: choose the floating-point value with its least
            // significant bit equal to 0.
            return((BitConverter.DoubleToInt64Bits(result) & 1) == 0 ? result : result2);
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Converts a number to a string.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="value"> The value to convert to a string. </param>
        /// <param name="radix"> The base of the number system to convert to. </param>
        /// <param name="numberFormatInfo"> The number format style to use. </param>
        /// <param name="style"> The type of formatting to apply. </param>
        /// <param name="precision">
        /// This value is dependent on the formatting style:
        /// Regular - this value has no meaning.
        /// Precision - the number of significant figures to display.
        /// Fixed - the number of figures to display after the decimal point.
        /// Exponential - the number of figures to display after the decimal point.
        /// </param>
        internal static string ToString(double value, int radix, System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo numberFormatInfo, Style style, int precision = 0)
        {
            // Handle NaN.
            if (double.IsNaN(value))
            {
                return(numberFormatInfo.NaNSymbol);  // "NaN"
            }
            // Handle zero.
            if (value == 0.0)
            {
                switch (style)
                {
                case Style.Regular:
                    return("0");

                case Style.Precision:
                    return("0" + numberFormatInfo.NumberDecimalSeparator + new string('0', precision - 1));

                case Style.Fixed:
                    if (precision == 0)
                    {
                        return("0");
                    }
                    return("0" + numberFormatInfo.NumberDecimalSeparator + new string('0', precision));

                case Style.Exponential:
                    if (precision <= 0)
                    {
                        return("0" + exponentSymbol + numberFormatInfo.PositiveSign + "0");
                    }
                    return("0" + numberFormatInfo.NumberDecimalSeparator + new string('0', precision) + exponentSymbol + numberFormatInfo.PositiveSign + "0");
                }
            }

            var result = new System.Text.StringBuilder(18);

            // Handle negative numbers.
            if (value < 0.0)
            {
                value = -value;
                result.Append(numberFormatInfo.NegativeSign);
            }

            // Handle infinity.
            if (double.IsPositiveInfinity(value))
            {
                result.Append(numberFormatInfo.PositiveInfinitySymbol);     // "Infinity"
                return(result.ToString());
            }

            // Extract the base-2 exponent.
            var bits = new DoubleBits()
            {
                DoubleValue = value
            };
            int base2Exponent = (int)(bits.LongValue >> MantissaExplicitBits);

            // Extract the mantissa.
            long mantissa = bits.LongValue & MantissaMask;

            // Correct the base-2 exponent.
            if (base2Exponent == 0)
            {
                // This is a denormalized number.
                base2Exponent = base2Exponent - ExponentBias - MantissaExplicitBits + 1;
            }
            else
            {
                // This is a normal number.
                base2Exponent = base2Exponent - ExponentBias - MantissaExplicitBits;

                // Add the implicit bit.
                mantissa |= MantissaImplicitBit;
            }

            // Remove any trailing zeros.
            int trailingZeroBits = CountTrailingZeroBits((ulong)mantissa);

            mantissa     >>= trailingZeroBits;
            base2Exponent += trailingZeroBits;

            // Calculate the logarithm of the number.
            int exponent;

            if (radix == 10)
            {
                exponent = (int)Math.Floor(Math.Log10(value));

                // We need to calculate k = floor(log10(x)).
                // log(x)	~=~ log(1.5) + (x-1.5)/1.5 (taylor series approximation)
                // log10(x) ~=~ log(1.5) / log(10) + (x - 1.5) / (1.5 * log(10))
                // d = x * 2^l (1 <= x < 2)
                // log10(d) = l * log10(2) + log10(x)
                // log10(d) ~=~ l * log10(2)           + (x - 1.5) * (1 / (1.5 * log(10)))  + log(1.5) / log(10)
                // log10(d) ~=~ l * 0.301029995663981  + (x - 1.5) * 0.289529654602168      + 0.1760912590558
                // The last term (0.1760912590558) is rounded so that k = floor(log10(x)) or
                // k = floor(log10(x)) + 1 (i.e. it's the exact value or one higher).


                //double log10;
                //if ((int)(bits.LongValue >> MantissaExplicitBits) == 0)
                //{
                //    // The number is denormalized.
                //    int mantissaShift = CountLeadingZeroBits((ulong)mantissa) - (64 - MantissaImplicitBits);
                //    bits.LongValue = (mantissa << mantissaShift) & MantissaMask |
                //        ((long)ExponentBias << MantissaExplicitBits);

                //    // Calculate an overestimate of log-10 of the value.
                //    log10 = (bits.DoubleValue - 1.5) * 0.289529654602168 + 0.1760912590558 +
                //        (base2Exponent - mantissaShift) * 0.301029995663981;
                //}
                //else
                //{
                //    // Set the base-2 exponent to biased zero.
                //    bits.LongValue = (bits.LongValue & ~ExponentMask) | ((long)ExponentBias << MantissaExplicitBits);

                //    // Calculate an overestimate of log-10 of the value.
                //    log10 = (bits.DoubleValue - 1.5) * 0.289529654602168 + 0.1760912590558 + base2Exponent * 0.301029995663981;
                //}

                //// (int)Math.Floor(log10)
                //exponent = (int)log10;
                //if (log10 < 0 && log10 != exponent)
                //    exponent--;

                //if (exponent >= 0 && exponent < tens.Length)
                //{
                //    if (value < tens[exponent])
                //        exponent--;
                //}
            }
            else
            {
                exponent = (int)Math.Floor(Math.Log(value, radix));
            }

            if (radix == 10 && style == Style.Regular)
            {
                // Do we have a small integer?
                if (base2Exponent >= 0 && exponent <= 14)
                {
                    // Yes.
                    for (int i = exponent; i >= 0; i--)
                    {
                        double scaleFactor = tens[i];
                        int    digit       = (int)(value / scaleFactor);
                        result.Append((char)(digit + '0'));
                        value -= digit * scaleFactor;
                    }
                    return(result.ToString());
                }
            }

            // toFixed acts like toString() if the exponent is >= 21.
            if (style == Style.Fixed && exponent >= 21)
            {
                style = Style.Regular;
            }

            // Calculate the exponent thresholds.
            int lowExponentThreshold = int.MinValue;

            if (radix == 10 && style != Style.Fixed)
            {
                lowExponentThreshold = -7;
            }
            if (style == Style.Exponential)
            {
                lowExponentThreshold = -1;
            }
            int highExponentThreshold = int.MaxValue;

            if (radix == 10 && style == Style.Regular)
            {
                highExponentThreshold = 21;
            }
            if (style == Style.Precision)
            {
                highExponentThreshold = precision;
            }
            if (style == Style.Exponential)
            {
                highExponentThreshold = 0;
            }

            // Calculate the number of bits per digit.
            double bitsPerDigit = radix == 10 ? 3.322 : Math.Log(radix, 2);

            // Calculate the maximum number of digits to output.
            // We add 7 so that there is enough precision to distinguish halfway numbers.
            int maxDigitsToOutput = radix == 10 ? 22 : (int)Math.Floor(53 / bitsPerDigit) + 7;

            // Calculate the number of integral digits, or if negative, the number of zeros after
            // the decimal point.
            int integralDigits = exponent + 1;

            // toFixed with a low precision causes rounding.
            if (style == Style.Fixed && precision <= -integralDigits)
            {
                int diff = (-integralDigits) - (precision - 1);
                maxDigitsToOutput += diff;
                exponent          += diff;
                integralDigits    += diff;
            }

            // We need to calculate the integers "scaledValue" and "divisor" such that:
            // value = scaledValue / divisor * 10 ^ exponent
            // 1 <= scaledValue / divisor < 10

            BigInteger scaledValue = new BigInteger(mantissa);
            BigInteger divisor     = BigInteger.One;
            BigInteger multiplier  = BigInteger.One;

            if (exponent > 0)
            {
                // Number is >= 10.
                divisor = BigInteger.Multiply(divisor, BigInteger.Pow(radix, exponent));
            }
            else if (exponent < 0)
            {
                // Number is < 1.
                multiplier  = BigInteger.Pow(radix, -exponent);
                scaledValue = BigInteger.Multiply(scaledValue, multiplier);
            }

            // Scale the divisor so it is 74 bits ((21 digits + 1 digit for rounding) * approx 3.322 bits per digit).
            int powerOfTwoScaleFactor = (radix == 10 ? 74 : (int)Math.Ceiling(maxDigitsToOutput * bitsPerDigit)) - divisor.BitCount;

            divisor     = BigInteger.LeftShift(divisor, powerOfTwoScaleFactor);
            scaledValue = BigInteger.LeftShift(scaledValue, powerOfTwoScaleFactor + base2Exponent);

            // Calculate the error.
            BigInteger errorDelta      = BigInteger.Zero;
            int        errorPowerOfTen = int.MinValue;

            switch (style)
            {
            case Style.Regular:
                errorDelta = ScaleToInteger(CalculateError(value), multiplier, powerOfTwoScaleFactor - 1);
                break;

            case Style.Precision:
                errorPowerOfTen = integralDigits - precision;
                break;

            case Style.Fixed:
                errorPowerOfTen = -precision;
                break;

            case Style.Exponential:
                if (precision < 0)
                {
                    errorDelta = ScaleToInteger(CalculateError(value), multiplier, powerOfTwoScaleFactor - 1);
                }
                else
                {
                    errorPowerOfTen = integralDigits - precision - 1;
                }
                break;

            default:
                throw new ArgumentException(nameof(style));
            }
            if (errorPowerOfTen != int.MinValue)
            {
                errorDelta = multiplier;
                if (errorPowerOfTen > 0)
                {
                    errorDelta = BigInteger.Multiply(errorDelta, BigInteger.Pow(radix, errorPowerOfTen));
                }
                errorDelta = BigInteger.LeftShift(errorDelta, powerOfTwoScaleFactor - 1);
                if (errorPowerOfTen < 0)
                {
                    // We would normally divide by the power of 10 here, but division is extremely
                    // slow so we multiply everything else instead.
                    //errorDelta = BigInteger.Divide(errorDelta, BigInteger.Pow(radix, -errorPowerOfTen));
                    var errorPowerOfTenMultiplier = BigInteger.Pow(radix, -errorPowerOfTen);
                    scaledValue = BigInteger.Multiply(scaledValue, errorPowerOfTenMultiplier);
                    divisor     = BigInteger.Multiply(divisor, errorPowerOfTenMultiplier);
                    BigInteger.SetupQuorum(ref scaledValue, ref divisor, ref errorDelta);
                }
            }

            // Shrink the error in the case where ties are resolved towards the value with the
            // least significant bit set to zero.
            if ((BitConverter.DoubleToInt64Bits(value) & 1) == 1)
            {
                errorDelta.InPlaceDecrement();
            }

            // Cache half the divisor.
            BigInteger halfDivisor = BigInteger.RightShift(divisor, 1);

            // Output the digits.
            int  zeroCount = 0;
            int  digitsOutput = 0;
            bool rounded = false, scientificNotation = false;
            bool decimalPointOutput = false;

            for (; digitsOutput < maxDigitsToOutput && rounded == false; digitsOutput++)
            {
                // Calculate the next digit.
                var digit = (int)BigInteger.Quorem(ref scaledValue, divisor);

                if (BigInteger.Compare(scaledValue, errorDelta) <= 0 && BigInteger.Compare(scaledValue, halfDivisor) < 0)
                {
                    // Round down.
                    rounded = true;
                }
                else if (BigInteger.Compare(BigInteger.Subtract(divisor, scaledValue), errorDelta) <= 0)
                {
                    // Round up.
                    rounded = true;
                    digit++;
                    if (digit == radix)
                    {
                        digit = 1;
                        exponent++;
                        integralDigits++;
                    }
                }

                if (digit > 0 || decimalPointOutput == false)
                {
                    // Check if the decimal point should be output.
                    if (decimalPointOutput == false)
                    {
                        if (integralDigits <= 0 && integralDigits > lowExponentThreshold + 1)
                        {
                            // Handles case where 0 < value < 1. Outputs leading zero, the decimal
                            // point and then any zeros after that. The lowExponentThreshold check
                            // is to make sure we're not outputting in scientific notation (the
                            // scientificNotation variable cannot be used as it has not been
                            // calculated yet).
                            result.Append('0');
                            result.Append(numberFormatInfo.NumberDecimalSeparator);
                            if (integralDigits < 0)
                            {
                                result.Append('0', -integralDigits);
                            }
                            decimalPointOutput = true;
                        }
                        else if (scientificNotation == true || digitsOutput == integralDigits)
                        {
                            // For scientific notation values, or values greater than 1, we only
                            // need to output a decimal point.
                            result.Append(numberFormatInfo.NumberDecimalSeparator);
                            decimalPointOutput = true;
                        }
                    }

                    // Output any pent-up zeros.
                    if (zeroCount > 0)
                    {
                        result.Append('0', zeroCount);
                        zeroCount = 0;
                    }

                    // Output the next digit.
                    if (digit < 10)
                    {
                        result.Append((char)(digit + '0'));
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        result.Append((char)(digit - 10 + 'a'));
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    zeroCount++;
                }

                // Check whether the number should be displayed in scientific notation (we cannot
                // determine this up front for large exponents because the number might get rounded
                // up to cross the threshold).
                if (digitsOutput == 0 && (exponent <= lowExponentThreshold || exponent >= highExponentThreshold))
                {
                    scientificNotation = true;
                }

                scaledValue = BigInteger.MultiplyAdd(scaledValue, radix, 0);
                errorDelta  = BigInteger.MultiplyAdd(errorDelta, radix, 0);
            }

            // Add any extra zeros on the end, if necessary.
            if (scientificNotation == false && integralDigits > digitsOutput)
            {
                result.Append('0', integralDigits - digitsOutput);
                digitsOutput = integralDigits;
            }

            // Most of the styles output redundent zeros.
            int redundentZeroCount = 0;

            switch (style)
            {
            case Style.Precision:
                redundentZeroCount = zeroCount + precision - digitsOutput;
                break;

            case Style.Fixed:
                redundentZeroCount = precision - (digitsOutput - zeroCount - integralDigits);
                break;

            case Style.Exponential:
                redundentZeroCount = precision - (digitsOutput - zeroCount) + 1;
                break;
            }
            if (redundentZeroCount > 0)
            {
                if (decimalPointOutput == false)
                {
                    result.Append(numberFormatInfo.NumberDecimalSeparator);
                }
                result.Append('0', redundentZeroCount);
            }

            if (scientificNotation == true)
            {
                // Add the exponent on the end.
                result.Append(exponentSymbol);
                if (exponent > 0)
                {
                    result.Append(numberFormatInfo.PositiveSign);
                }
                result.Append(exponent);
            }

            return(result.ToString());
        }