use Math::BigFloat;; $n = Math::BigFloat->new( '3.1415926535897932384626433832795' );; $d = 0 + $n->bstr;; printf "%.17f\n", $d;; printf "%a\n", $d;; $bfd = Math::BigFloat->new( sprintf "%.17f", $d );; print $bfd;; $n -= $bfd;; print $n;; printf "%a\n", $n;;