Long variables are stored as 32-bit (4 bytes) signed values ranging from -2 147483648 to 2 147483647 (about 2 10 billion).

Integer numeric types represent integers. All integer numeric types are value types. They are also simple types and can be initialized with text. All integer number types support arithmetic, bit logic, comparison and equality operators.

The default value of each integer type is zero. Except for native size types, every integer type has MinValue and MaxValue constants, which provide the minimum and maximum values of that type.