Javascript - parse string to long

Question

I have a working script in python doing string to integer conversion based on specified radix using long(16):

modulus=public_key[\"n\"]    
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Answer 1

Numbers in JavaScript are floating point so they always lose precision after a certain digit. To have unlimited numbers one could rather use an array of numbers from 0 to 9, which has an unlimited range. To do so based on the hex string input, i do a hex to int array conversion, then I use the double dabble algorithm to convert the array to BCD. That can be printed easily:

const hexToArray = arr => arr.split("").map(n => parseInt(n,16));


const doubleDabble = arr => {
  var l = arr.length;
  for( var b = l * 4; b--;){

    //add && leftshift
    const overflow = arr.reduceRight((carry,n,i) => {

      //apply the >4 +3, then leftshift
      var shifted = ((i < (arr.length - l ) && n>4)?n+3:n ) << 1;

      //just take the right four bits and add the eventual carry value
      arr[i] = (shifted & 0b1111) | carry;

      //carry on
      return shifted > 0b1111;
    }, 0);
    // we've exceeded the current array, lets extend it:
    if(overflow) arr.unshift(overflow);
  }
  return arr.slice(0,-l);
};

const arr = hexToArray("8079d7");
const result = doubleDabble(arr);      
console.log(result.join(""));

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