length of integer variables

daztheladd · 11-26-2002, 05:57 AM

hi guys (newbie here).

can anyone tell me the largest numerical value you can safely have in a variable declared as an integer:

declare -i sumname

help appreciated

Daz

vladkrack · 11-26-2002, 06:32 AM

Hi,

Int have a 32 bits number, then that should be -2147483648 to 2147483648

If you need more than that you could use long that is a 64 bits number ....

daztheladd · 11-26-2002, 06:37 AM

how do I use long?

vladkrack · 11-26-2002, 06:51 AM

Sorry, I forgot to ask, but what language are we talking about?

daztheladd · 11-26-2002, 06:56 AM

in bash.

vladkrack · 11-26-2002, 07:29 AM

In bash is not necessary to declare a variable as int or long, it already knows how to handle ...