Thread: longer than a long int?

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    longer than a long int?

    I have just come across a problem in my code. Im using 11 digit numbers in my program: ie 10000000001

    I have had things go wrong in my code, and realised that i had exceeded the max length of an int. And a long int is too small as well.

    Is there a simple way to create a variable that can store a number this large? The number may get to 12 or 13 digits long.
    IDE: Dev C++ 5
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    Well any numerical type with support for larger numbers is going to be compiler specific. (__int64 on microsoft compilers)
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    Re: longer than a long int?

    Originally posted by fry
    I have just come across a problem in my code. Im using 11 digit numbers in my program: ie 10000000001

    I have had things go wrong in my code, and realised that i had exceeded the max length of an int. And a long int is too small as well.

    Is there a simple way to create a variable that can store a number this large? The number may get to 12 or 13 digits long.
    If you're writing Windows code you could always use LARGE_INTEGER structure. Look it up it will give you 64bits wheter you like it or not.

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