BigInteger Explicit Conversion (BigInteger to Int64)

.NET Framework (current version)

Defines an explicit conversion of a BigInteger object to a 64-bit signed integer value.

Namespace: System.Numerics
Assembly: System.Numerics (in System.Numerics.dll)

Syntax

public:
static explicit operator long long (
	BigInteger value
)

Parameters

value: Type: System.Numerics::BigInteger
The value to convert to a 64-bit signed integer.

Return Value

Type: System::Int64

An object that contains the value of the value parameter.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
OverflowException	value is less than Int64::MinValue. -or- value is greater than Int64::MaxValue.

The overloads of the Explicit(Decimal to BigInteger) method define the types to which or from which a BigInteger object can be converted. Language compilers do not perform this conversion automatically because it can involve data loss. Instead, they perform the conversion only if a casting operator (in C#) or a conversion function (such as CType or CLng in Visual Basic) is used. Otherwise, they display a compiler error.

Because this operation defines a narrowing conversion, it can throw an OverflowException at run time if the BigInteger value is outside the range of the Int64 data type. There is no loss of precision in the resulting Int64 value if the conversion is successful.

Examples

The following example illustrates the conversion of BigInteger values to Int64 values. It also handles an OverflowException that is thrown because the BigInteger value is outside the range of the Int64 data type.

C++

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Version Information

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 4.0
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 4.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1