The long data type
Applies to: ✅ Microsoft Fabric ✅ Azure Data Explorer ✅ Azure Monitor ✅ Microsoft Sentinel
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
longtype into a hex string, see tohex() function.