ee.Number.toLong

Casts the input value to a signed 64-bit integer.
Usage Returns
Number. toLong () Number
Argument Type Details
this: input
Number The input value.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

 // Declare an ee.Number. 
 var 
  
 number 
  
 = 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 100 
 ); 
 print 
 ( 
 'ee.Number:' 
 , 
  
 number 
 ); 
 // Cast a number to signed 64-bit integer. 
 var 
  
 longNumber 
  
 = 
  
 number 
 . 
 toLong 
 (); 
 print 
 ( 
 'ee.Number cast to long:' 
 , 
  
 longNumber 
 ); 
 /** 
 * Casting numbers to long that are outside of its range and precision can 
 * modify the resulting value, note the behavior of the following scenarios. 
 */ 
 // A floating point number cast to long loses decimal precision. 
 var 
  
 float 
  
 = 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 1.7 
 ); 
 print 
 ( 
 'Floating point value:' 
 , 
  
 float 
 ); 
 var 
  
 floatToLong 
  
 = 
  
 float 
 . 
 toLong 
 (); 
 print 
 ( 
 'Floating point value cast to long:' 
 , 
  
 floatToLong 
 ); 

Python setup

See the Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using geemap for interactive development.

 import 
  
 ee 
 import 
  
 geemap.core 
  
 as 
  
 geemap 

Colab (Python)

 # Declare an ee.Number. 
 number 
 = 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 100 
 ) 
 print 
 ( 
 'ee.Number:' 
 , 
 number 
 . 
 getInfo 
 ()) 
 # Cast a number to signed 64-bit integer. 
 long_number 
 = 
 number 
 . 
 toLong 
 () 
 print 
 ( 
 'ee.Number cast to long:' 
 , 
 long_number 
 . 
 getInfo 
 ()) 
 """Casting numbers to long that are outside of its range and precision can 
 modify the resulting value, note the behavior of the following scenarios. 
 """ 
 # A floating point number cast to long loses decimal precision. 
 float_number 
 = 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 1.7 
 ) 
 print 
 ( 
 'Floating point value:' 
 , 
 float_number 
 . 
 getInfo 
 ()) 
 float_to_long 
 = 
 float_number 
 . 
 toLong 
 () 
 print 
 ( 
 'Floating point value cast to long:' 
 , 
 float_to_long 
 . 
 getInfo 
 ()) 
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