# Converting from int to long
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/converting-from-int-to-long/38923
**Category:** Beginners
**Created:** [September 21, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/converting-from-int-to-long/38923 "2022-09-21T18:37:06Z")
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### Author:  [@REK166](https://discourse.processing.org/u/REK166)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/converting-from-int-to-long/38923/1 "2022-09-21T18:37:06Z")
how can i convert an int type into a long type value?
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### Author:  [@NumericPrime](https://discourse.processing.org/u/NumericPrime)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/converting-from-int-to-long/38923/2 "2022-09-21T18:37:56Z")
Take a look at this code:
```auto
int yourInt=5;
long yourLong=(long) yourInt;
println(yourLong);
```
You can generally convert all number types into each other that way.
I hope this helps!
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### Author:  [@REK166](https://discourse.processing.org/u/REK166)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/converting-from-int-to-long/38923/3 "2022-09-21T18:44:32Z")
thanks a lot, that did in fact work. 😀
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### Author:  [@NumericPrime](https://discourse.processing.org/u/NumericPrime)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/converting-from-int-to-long/38923/4 "2022-09-21T18:46:57Z")
No problem! A thing to keep in mind is that when converting from a float/double to a int/long all digits after the comma will be cut!
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### Author:  [@GoToLoop](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GoToLoop)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/converting-from-int-to-long/38923/5 "2022-09-21T19:17:53Z")
> [@REK166](#):
>
> How can I convert an `int` type into a `long` type value?
Java automatically upgrades an integer value to `long` type by simpling assigning it to a `long` variable:
```auto
int myInt = 10;
long myLong = myInt;
println(myInt, myLong); // 10, 10
exit();
```
However, when using literals that exceed `2 ^ 31` we have to suffix them w/ `L` or `l`:
```auto
//long wrongLong = 4_000_000_000;
long correctLong = 4_000_000_000L;
println(correctLong); // 4000000000
exit();
```