What is the Long Data Type (known also as BIGINT)?

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long is the computer integer data type (ie storage format) that stores integer with at least 32 bit in size and nowdays on 64bit.

Storage and maximum

  • For a signed 64-bit]] integer, the maximum in decimal is 9223372036854775807

Vs Integer

The integer data type stores also integer but on a smaller length:

  • requiring less storage
  • at the cost of a smaller range of possible number




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