use strict; use warnings; use Math::MPFR qw(:mpfr); Rmpfr_set_default_prec(1000); my $d = 1 / 11; my $x = Math::MPFR->new($d); print "$x\n", length($x), "\n"; # (print() removes trailing zeros.) # Outputs: 9.09090909090909116141432377844466827809810638427734375e-2 58