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55<H2><A NAME="SECTION009230000000000000000"></A><A NAME="longObjects"></A>
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577.2.3 Long Integer Objects
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60<P>
61<a id='l2h-390' xml:id='l2h-390'></a><dl><dt><b><tt class="ctype"><a id='l2h-391' xml:id='l2h-391'>PyLongObject</a></tt></b></dt>
62<dd>
63 This subtype of <tt class="ctype">PyObject</tt> represents a Python long integer
64 object.
65</dl>
66
67<P>
68<dl><dt>PyTypeObject <b><tt id='l2h-392' xml:id='l2h-392' class="cdata">PyLong_Type</tt></b></dt>
69<dd>
70 This instance of <tt class="ctype">PyTypeObject</tt> represents the Python long
71 integer type. This is the same object as <code>types.LongType</code>.
72 <a id='l2h-394' xml:id='l2h-394'></a></dd></dl>
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74<P>
75<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>int&nbsp;<b><tt id='l2h-395' xml:id='l2h-395' class="cfunction">PyLong_Check</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyObject *<var>p</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
76<dd>
77 Return true if its argument is a <tt class="ctype">PyLongObject</tt> or a subtype
78 of <tt class="ctype">PyLongObject</tt>.
79
80<span class="versionnote">Changed in version 2.2:
81Allowed subtypes to be accepted.</span>
82
83</dd></dl>
84
85<P>
86<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>int&nbsp;<b><tt id='l2h-396' xml:id='l2h-396' class="cfunction">PyLong_CheckExact</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyObject *<var>p</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
87<dd>
88 Return true if its argument is a <tt class="ctype">PyLongObject</tt>, but not a
89 subtype of <tt class="ctype">PyLongObject</tt>.
90
91<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.2.</span>
92
93</dd></dl>
94
95<P>
96<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>PyObject*&nbsp;<b><tt id='l2h-397' xml:id='l2h-397' class="cfunction">PyLong_FromLong</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>long <var>v</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
97<dd>
98<div class="refcount-info">
99 <span class="label">Return value:</span>
100 <span class="value">New reference.</span>
101</div>
102 Return a new <tt class="ctype">PyLongObject</tt> object from <var>v</var>, or <tt class="constant">NULL</tt>
103 on failure.
104</dd></dl>
105
106<P>
107<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>PyObject*&nbsp;<b><tt id='l2h-398' xml:id='l2h-398' class="cfunction">PyLong_FromUnsignedLong</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>unsigned long <var>v</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
108<dd>
109<div class="refcount-info">
110 <span class="label">Return value:</span>
111 <span class="value">New reference.</span>
112</div>
113 Return a new <tt class="ctype">PyLongObject</tt> object from a C <tt class="ctype">unsigned
114 long</tt>, or <tt class="constant">NULL</tt> on failure.
115</dd></dl>
116
117<P>
118<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>PyObject*&nbsp;<b><tt id='l2h-399' xml:id='l2h-399' class="cfunction">PyLong_FromLongLong</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>long long <var>v</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
119<dd>
120<div class="refcount-info">
121 <span class="label">Return value:</span>
122 <span class="value">New reference.</span>
123</div>
124 Return a new <tt class="ctype">PyLongObject</tt> object from a C <tt class="ctype">long long</tt>,
125 or <tt class="constant">NULL</tt> on failure.
126</dd></dl>
127
128<P>
129<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>PyObject*&nbsp;<b><tt id='l2h-400' xml:id='l2h-400' class="cfunction">PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>unsigned long long <var>v</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
130<dd>
131<div class="refcount-info">
132 <span class="label">Return value:</span>
133 <span class="value">New reference.</span>
134</div>
135 Return a new <tt class="ctype">PyLongObject</tt> object from a C <tt class="ctype">unsigned
136 long long</tt>, or <tt class="constant">NULL</tt> on failure.
137</dd></dl>
138
139<P>
140<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>PyObject*&nbsp;<b><tt id='l2h-401' xml:id='l2h-401' class="cfunction">PyLong_FromDouble</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>double <var>v</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
141<dd>
142<div class="refcount-info">
143 <span class="label">Return value:</span>
144 <span class="value">New reference.</span>
145</div>
146 Return a new <tt class="ctype">PyLongObject</tt> object from the integer part of
147 <var>v</var>, or <tt class="constant">NULL</tt> on failure.
148</dd></dl>
149
150<P>
151<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>PyObject*&nbsp;<b><tt id='l2h-402' xml:id='l2h-402' class="cfunction">PyLong_FromString</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>char *<var>str</var>, char **<var>pend</var>,
152 int <var>base</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
153<dd>
154<div class="refcount-info">
155 <span class="label">Return value:</span>
156 <span class="value">New reference.</span>
157</div>
158 Return a new <tt class="ctype">PyLongObject</tt> based on the string value in
159 <var>str</var>, which is interpreted according to the radix in
160 <var>base</var>. If <var>pend</var> is non-<tt class="constant">NULL</tt>, <code>*<var>pend</var></code> will
161 point to the first character in <var>str</var> which follows the
162 representation of the number. If <var>base</var> is <code>0</code>, the radix
163 will be determined based on the leading characters of <var>str</var>: if
164 <var>str</var> starts with <code>'0x'</code> or <code>'0X'</code>, radix 16 will be
165 used; if <var>str</var> starts with <code>'0'</code>, radix 8 will be used;
166 otherwise radix 10 will be used. If <var>base</var> is not <code>0</code>, it
167 must be between <code>2</code> and <code>36</code>, inclusive. Leading spaces
168 are ignored. If there are no digits, <tt class="exception">ValueError</tt> will be
169 raised.
170</dd></dl>
171
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173<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>PyObject*&nbsp;<b><tt id='l2h-403' xml:id='l2h-403' class="cfunction">PyLong_FromUnicode</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>Py_UNICODE *<var>u</var>,
174 int <var>length</var>, int <var>base</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
175<dd>
176<div class="refcount-info">
177 <span class="label">Return value:</span>
178 <span class="value">New reference.</span>
179</div>
180 Convert a sequence of Unicode digits to a Python long integer
181 value. The first parameter, <var>u</var>, points to the first character
182 of the Unicode string, <var>length</var> gives the number of characters,
183 and <var>base</var> is the radix for the conversion. The radix must be
184 in the range [2, 36]; if it is out of range, <tt class="exception">ValueError</tt>
185 will be raised.
186
187<span class="versionnote">New in version 1.6.</span>
188
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192<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>PyObject*&nbsp;<b><tt id='l2h-404' xml:id='l2h-404' class="cfunction">PyLong_FromVoidPtr</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>void *<var>p</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
193<dd>
194<div class="refcount-info">
195 <span class="label">Return value:</span>
196 <span class="value">New reference.</span>
197</div>
198 Create a Python integer or long integer from the pointer <var>p</var>.
199 The pointer value can be retrieved from the resulting value using
200 <tt class="cfunction">PyLong_AsVoidPtr()</tt>.
201
202<span class="versionnote">New in version 1.5.2.</span>
203
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207<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>long&nbsp;<b><tt id='l2h-405' xml:id='l2h-405' class="cfunction">PyLong_AsLong</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyObject *<var>pylong</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
208<dd>
209 Return a C <tt class="ctype">long</tt> representation of the contents of
210 <var>pylong</var>. If <var>pylong</var> is greater than
211 <tt class="constant">LONG_MAX</tt><a id='l2h-417' xml:id='l2h-417'></a>, an <tt class="exception">OverflowError</tt>
212 is raised.
213 <a id='l2h-407' xml:id='l2h-407'></a></dd></dl>
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216<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>unsigned long&nbsp;<b><tt id='l2h-408' xml:id='l2h-408' class="cfunction">PyLong_AsUnsignedLong</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyObject *<var>pylong</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
217<dd>
218 Return a C <tt class="ctype">unsigned long</tt> representation of the contents of
219 <var>pylong</var>. If <var>pylong</var> is greater than
220 <tt class="constant">ULONG_MAX</tt><a id='l2h-418' xml:id='l2h-418'></a>, an
221 <tt class="exception">OverflowError</tt> is raised.
222 <a id='l2h-410' xml:id='l2h-410'></a></dd></dl>
223
224<P>
225<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>long long&nbsp;<b><tt id='l2h-411' xml:id='l2h-411' class="cfunction">PyLong_AsLongLong</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyObject *<var>pylong</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
226<dd>
227 Return a C <tt class="ctype">long long</tt> from a Python long integer. If
228 <var>pylong</var> cannot be represented as a <tt class="ctype">long long</tt>, an
229 <tt class="exception">OverflowError</tt> will be raised.
230
231<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.2.</span>
232
233</dd></dl>
234
235<P>
236<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>unsigned long long&nbsp;<b><tt id='l2h-412' xml:id='l2h-412' class="cfunction">PyLong_AsUnsignedLongLong</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyObject
237 *<var>pylong</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
238<dd>
239 Return a C <tt class="ctype">unsigned long long</tt> from a Python long integer.
240 If <var>pylong</var> cannot be represented as an <tt class="ctype">unsigned long
241 long</tt>, an <tt class="exception">OverflowError</tt> will be raised if the value is
242 positive, or a <tt class="exception">TypeError</tt> will be raised if the value is
243 negative.
244
245<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.2.</span>
246
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249<P>
250<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>unsigned long&nbsp;<b><tt id='l2h-413' xml:id='l2h-413' class="cfunction">PyLong_AsUnsignedLongMask</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyObject *<var>io</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
251<dd>
252 Return a C <tt class="ctype">unsigned long</tt> from a Python long integer, without
253 checking for overflow.
254
255<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.3.</span>
256
257</dd></dl>
258
259<P>
260<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>unsigned long&nbsp;<b><tt id='l2h-414' xml:id='l2h-414' class="cfunction">PyLong_AsUnsignedLongLongMask</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyObject *<var>io</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
261<dd>
262 Return a C <tt class="ctype">unsigned long long</tt> from a Python long integer, without
263 checking for overflow.
264
265<span class="versionnote">New in version 2.3.</span>
266
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270<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>double&nbsp;<b><tt id='l2h-415' xml:id='l2h-415' class="cfunction">PyLong_AsDouble</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyObject *<var>pylong</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
271<dd>
272 Return a C <tt class="ctype">double</tt> representation of the contents of
273 <var>pylong</var>. If <var>pylong</var> cannot be approximately represented
274 as a <tt class="ctype">double</tt>, an <tt class="exception">OverflowError</tt> exception is
275 raised and <code>-1.0</code> will be returned.
276</dd></dl>
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278<P>
279<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>void*&nbsp;<b><tt id='l2h-416' xml:id='l2h-416' class="cfunction">PyLong_AsVoidPtr</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyObject *<var>pylong</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
280<dd>
281 Convert a Python integer or long integer <var>pylong</var> to a C
282 <tt class="ctype">void</tt> pointer. If <var>pylong</var> cannot be converted, an
283 <tt class="exception">OverflowError</tt> will be raised. This is only assured to
284 produce a usable <tt class="ctype">void</tt> pointer for values created with
285 <tt class="cfunction">PyLong_FromVoidPtr()</tt>.
286
287<span class="versionnote">New in version 1.5.2.</span>
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