The long data type
This article describes the long data type.
The long data type represents a signed, 64-bit wide, integer.
By default, integers and integers represented with hexadecimal syntax are of type long.
long literals
To specify a long literal, use one of the following syntax options:
|Syntax|Description|Example|
|–|–|
|number|An integer. You don’t need to wrap the integer with long() because integers are by default of type long.|12|
|0xhex|An integer represented with hexadecimal syntax.|0xf is equivalent to 15|
|long(-number)|A negative integer.|long(-1)|
|long(null)|Represents the null value.||
Related content
- tolong()
- To convert the
longtype into a hex string, see tohex() function.
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