Integer! datatype

Table of Contents

1. Abstract

Integer! values are 32-bit numbers with no decimal point. They span a range from -2147483648 to 2147483647.

By design integer! does not auto convert to float! on overflow.

Integer! is a member of the following typesets: immediate!, number!, scalar!

A sequence of digits with no decimal point.

1234

+ or - immediately before the first digit indicates the positive or negative sign of the integer.

-1234

+1234

Leading zeros are ignored.

>> +001234
== 1234

Single quote ' is used as a place value separator for large values and can appear anywhere after the first digit.

60'000'000

A trailing ' after the last digit will raise an error:

>> 60'000'000'
*** Syntax Error: invalid integer! at "60'000'000'"
*** Where: do
*** Stack: load

All comparators can be applied on integer!: =, ==, <>, >, <, >=, <=, =?. In addition, min, and max are also supported.

An integer value can be converted at runtime to a float! or string! by using a to conversion.

>> to float! 42
== 42.0

>> to string! 42
== "42"

If integer! and float! are combined in an expression, the result will be a float! value.

>> 42 * 42.0
== 1764.0

Use integer? to check if a value is of the integer! datatype.

>> integer? 42
== true

Use type? to return the datatype of a given value.

>> type? 42
== integer!