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Sjeiti YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 45	data type higher than int? Feb 9th, 2008, 5:25pm   Is there an integer type of object that can go higher than the int's 2147483647? I need something that can go up to 10000000000 (at least).
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JohnG Ex Member	Re: data type higher than int? Reply #1 - Feb 9th, 2008, 7:02pm   "long" can go up to 9223372036854775807.

Sjeiti YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 45	Re: data type higher than int? Reply #2 - Feb 9th, 2008, 11:19pm   ah thanks that's more than enough...
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deathclaw YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 2	Re: data type higher than int? Reply #3 - Jun 16th, 2009, 5:52pm   Hi, I've got a problem with the long data type. It seems processing recognizes my long as an int. For example, when I write, long a=2200000000; println(a); Processing gives me: The literal 2200000000 of type int is out of range. Why is that?

subpixel Senior Member Offline Posts: 261	Re: data type higher than int? Reply #4 - Jun 16th, 2009, 6:03pm   2200000000 is a literal integer. 2200000000L is a literal long. cf 'c' being a literal character and "c" being a literal string, or 1.0f being a literal float.
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deathclaw YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 2	Re: data type higher than int? Reply #5 - Jun 16th, 2009, 6:11pm   Thanks a lot!     The example for the long data type didn't have an L at the end in the processing reference.