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diff --git a/source/lang/cpp/unsignedlonglong.rst b/source/lang/cpp/unsignedlonglong.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..910b7e4 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/lang/cpp/unsignedlonglong.rst @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +.. highlight:: cpp + +.. _lang-unsignedlonglong: + +``unsigned long long`` +====================== + +An unsigned version of the :ref:`long long <lang-longlong>` data type. +An ``unsigned long long`` occupies 8 bytes of memory; it stores an +integer from 0 to 2^64-1, which is approximately 1.8×10^19 (18 +quintillion, or 18 billion billion). + +A synonym for the ``unsigned long long`` type is ``uint64``. + +Like an :ref:`unsigned int <lang-unsignedint>`, an ``unsigned long +long`` won't store negative numbers; it is also subject to the same +:ref:`overflow issues <lang-int-overflow>` as any integral data type. + +Here is an example of declaring an ``unsigned long long`` variable +named ``c``, then giving it value 299,792,458,000,000,000 (see +:ref:`integer constants <lang-constants-integers-u-l>` for an +explanation of the "ULL" at the end of the number):: + + // Speed of light in nanometers per second (approximate). + unsigned long long c = 299792458000000000ULL; + +The general syntax for declaring an ``unsigned long long`` variable named +``var``, then giving it value ``val``, looks like:: + + unsigned long long var = val; + +See Also +-------- + +- :ref:`long long <lang-longlong>` +- :ref:`int <lang-int>` +- :ref:`unsigned <lang-unsignedint>` +- :ref:`char <lang-char>` +- :ref:`unsigned char <lang-unsignedchar>` +- :ref:`Integer Constants <lang-constants-integers>` +- :ref:`Variables <lang-variables>` + +.. include:: cc-attribution.txt |