Integer

Any whole number that can be positive or negative.

What is an integer?

Mathematically an integer is any whole number that can be positive or negative. Every programming language has support for integers.

 // javscript has a number data type for all integers
let bignumber = 1234567890;

# python also allows any number to be stored in a variable
bignumber = 123456789

// c# and java have multiple integer data types
byte, short, int, long

-- SQL also supports multiple integer data types
BIT, BYTE, SHORT, INT, INTEGER, BIGINT

Updated October 15, 2026