Range of Long type doesn�t fit

Question

Hi!!!
I am trying to assign the following value to a variable of type long
long A = -140737488355327;
The compiler tells me that such integer number is too large. I can�t assign it to A.
Sun�s tutorial tells that long variables can hold a minimum value of
-9,223,372,036,854,775,808. In my case it is not working... Somebody help??

Answer 1

Yeahhh it worked...
But why the L in the end???
ThanxssssIt means long. Without it, it'll be interpreted as an int (which doesn't fit).
Note that Annie's already posted the correct answer, but the buggy forum software eats the trailing L from within code tags (if you quote her reply, you'll see the L again).