Integer

Standard data type: 32-bit or 64-bit signed, same size as SizeOf(Any Ptr)

Syntax
   Dim variable As Integer
   Dim variable As Integer<bits>

Parameters
   bits
      A numeric constant expression indicating the size in bits of integer 
      desired.  The values allowed are 8, 16, 32 or 64.

Description
   Integer is the main data type FreeBASIC uses for integer math and 
   bitwise operations. It is the default type for number literals.

   In the first form Integer is a 32-bit or 64-bit signed whole-number data 
   type, depending on the target platform.

   If an explicit bit size is given (the second form), a data type is 
   provided that can hold values from -1LL Shl (bits-1) up to (1LL Shl (
   bits-1)) - 1. The selected data type is Byte for Integer<8>, Short for 
   Integer<16>, Long for Integer<32> and LongInt for Integer<64>.

Example
   #ifdef __FB_64BIT__
      Dim x As Integer = &H8000000000000000
      Dim y As Integer = &H7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
      Print "Integer Range = "; x; " to "; y
   #else
      Dim x As Integer = &H80000000
      Dim y As Integer = &H7FFFFFFF
      Print "Integer Range = "; x; " to "; y
   #endif

Dialect Differences
   * In the -lang fb and -lang fblite dialects, the Integer data type is 
     32-bit or 64-bit depending on target platform
   * In the -lang qb dialect, the Integer data type is 16-bit, regardless 
     of platform.

Differences from QB
   * The ability to select a bit size is new to FreeBASIC
   * The INTEGER type is always 16 bits wide in QB.

See also
   * Long
   * LongInt
   * UInteger
   * CInt
   * Table with variable types overview, limits and suffixes

