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Converts an object to a long value.
Syntax
public static long toLong( Object value )
Parameters
value
The value to convert.
Return Value
Returns a long value that represents the object.
Exceptions
ClassCastException thrown if the argument cannot be converted.
Remarks
The following table lists the supported argument types and the resulting conversion.
| Type | Conversion |
| null | Returns 0. |
| Character | Returns the character stored in the object. Produced by calling Character.charValue. |
| Number | Returns the long value of the object. Produced by calling Number.longValue. |
| String | Returns the result of converting the numeric string to a long value. Produced by calling Long.parseLong. |
| Time | Returns the long value of the object. Produced by calling Time.toLong. |
| Variant | Returns the result of coercing the variant to a double value and then casting the result to long. Produced by calling Variant.toDouble. |
See Also toObject