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Idiom #192 Declare a real variable with at least 20 digits

Declare a real variable a with at least 20 digits; if the type does not exist, issue an error at compile time. 

import static java.math.RoundingMode.HALF_UP;
import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.math.MathContext;
String pi = "3.14159265358979323846";
MathContext m = new MathContext(21, HALF_UP);
BigDecimal a = new BigDecimal(pi, m);
(def a 1234567890.12345678901M)

java.math.BigDecimal
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String pi = "3.14159265358979323846";
MathContext m = new MathContext(21, HALF_UP);
BigDecimal a = new BigDecimal(pi, m);
(def a 1234567890.12345678901M)
decimal a = 1234567890.12345678901m;
  integer, parameter :: qp = selected_real_kind(20)
  real(kind=qp) :: a

a, _, err := big.ParseFloat("123456789.123456789123465789", 10, 200, big.ToZero)
my $a = 12345678901234567890.1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890;
a = decimal.Decimal('1234567890.123456789012345')
a = BigDecimal('1234567890.12345678901')
let a = Decimal::from_str("1234567890.123456789012345").unwrap();