Long Integer
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Techopedia Explains Long Integer
Like a standard type integer, long integers are represented as a set of binary digits. Long integers can be unsigned (representation of non-negative integers) or signed (representation of negative integers). Most programming language have defined the minimum and maximum value of the integers that can be represented by long integers.The size of long integers in different programming languages is as followers:
- ANSI C: Minimum 4 bytes
- C++: Minimum 4 bytes
- Visual Basic: Minimum 8 bytes
- SQL Server: Minimum 8 bytes
- C#: Minimum 8 bytes
- VB.Net: Minimum 8 bytes
- Java: Minimum 8 bytes
- Pascal: Minimum 8 bytes
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