/**
 * Determine if a decimal value is negative by checking the sign bit.
 * Follows the two's complement representation used in Arrow decimals.
 * @param value The Uint32Array representing the decimal value
 * @returns true if the value is negative, false otherwise
 * @ignore
 */
export declare function isNegativeDecimal(value: Uint32Array): boolean;
/**
 * Negate a decimal value in-place using two's complement arithmetic.
 * @param value The Uint32Array to negate
 * @returns The negated value (modified in-place for efficiency)
 * @ignore
 */
export declare function negateDecimal(value: Uint32Array): Uint32Array;
/**
 * Convert a decimal value to a formatted string representation.
 * Handles both Decimal128 (128-bit) and Decimal256 (256-bit) values.
 *
 * @param value The Uint32Array representing the decimal value
 * @param scale The number of decimal places (digits after the decimal point)
 * @returns A string representation of the decimal value
 *
 * @example
 * ```ts
 * import { toDecimalString } from 'apache-arrow';
 *
 * const value = new Uint32Array([1, 0, 0, 0]);
 * const result = toDecimalString(value, 2);
 * // Returns: "0.01"
 * ```
 * @ignore
 */
export declare function toDecimalString(value: Uint32Array, scale: number): string;
/**
 * Convert a decimal value to a number.
 * Note: This may lose precision for very large decimal values
 * that exceed JavaScript's 53-bit integer precision.
 *
 * @param value The Uint32Array representing the decimal value
 * @param scale The number of decimal places
 * @returns A number representation of the decimal value
 * @ignore
 */
export declare function toDecimalNumber(value: Uint32Array, scale: number): number;
/**
 * Create a Decimal128 value from a string representation.
 * @param str String representation (e.g., "123.45")
 * @param scale The scale (number of decimal places) to use
 * @returns Uint32Array representing the decimal value
 *
 * @example
 * ```ts
 * import { fromDecimalString } from 'apache-arrow';
 *
 * const value = fromDecimalString("123.45", 2);
 * // Returns Uint32Array representing 12345 with scale 2
 * ```
 * @ignore
 */
export declare function fromDecimalString(str: string, scale: number): Uint32Array;
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