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Thread: Is there an integer-type variable bigger than "long"?

  1. September 3rd, 2010, 02:26 PM #1
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    Default Is there an integer-type variable bigger than "long"?

    I need to make a code that handels enormous natural numbers. Is there a variable type I can use? "long" isn't big enough.
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    Default Re: Is there an integer-type variable bigger than "long"?

    No variables. There are classes. See the classes with names starting with "Big".
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