[Gambas-user] what's wrong with this long integer?

[Stefano Palmeri]

Il domenica 2 agosto 2009 01:00:59 Benoît Minisini ha scritto:
> > I have a failure with a long integer:
> >
> >
> > DIM IntMyNumber AS Long
> >
> > IntMyNumber = 90 * 89 * 88 * 87 * 86 * 85
> > PRINT IntMyNumber
> >
> > returns 1605934816
> >
> > --------------------------------------------
> > Bash returns the correct value:
> >
> > echo $[90*89*88*87*86*85]
> >
> > 448282533600 (that is less than 9.223.372.036.854.775.807)
> >
> > So why Gambas fails even if I declared it as Long?
> >
> > Gambas 2.15.1
> >
> > Saluti,
> >
> > Stefano
>
> Because only the destination variable is declared as Long. You must do
> that:
>
> IntMyNumber = CLong(90) * 89 * 88 * 87 * 86 * 85

Thank you.

Stefano