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.

Learn more about syntax conventions.

Related content

• tolong()
• To convert the long type into a hex string, see tohex() function.