sbyte value1 = 124;
short value2 = 1618;
int value3 = Int32.MaxValue;

long number1 = value1;
long number2 = value2;
long number3 = value3;

ulong ulNumber = 163245617943825;
try {
   long number1 = (long) ulNumber;
   Console.WriteLine(number1);
}
catch (OverflowException) {
   Console.WriteLine("{0} is out of range of an Int64.", ulNumber);
}

double dbl2 = 35901.997;
try {
   long number2 = (long) dbl2;
   Console.WriteLine(number2);
}   
catch (OverflowException) {
   Console.WriteLine("{0} is out of range of an Int64.", dbl2);
}
   
BigInteger bigNumber = (BigInteger) 1.63201978555e30;
try {
   long number3 = (long) bigNumber;
   Console.WriteLine(number3);
}
catch (OverflowException) {
   Console.WriteLine("{0} is out of range of an Int64.", bigNumber);
}

decimal[] values= { Decimal.MinValue, -1034.23m, -12m, 0m, 147m,
                    199.55m, 9214.16m, Decimal.MaxValue };
long result;

foreach (decimal value in values)
{
   try {
      result = Convert.ToInt64(value);
      Console.WriteLine("Converted the {0} value '{1}' to the {2} value {3}.",
                        value.GetType().Name, value,
                        result.GetType().Name, result);
   }
   catch (OverflowException) {
      Console.WriteLine("{0} is outside the range of the Int64 type.",
                        value);
   }   
}

string string1 = "244681903147";
try {
   long number1 = Int64.Parse(string1);
   Console.WriteLine(number1);
}
catch (OverflowException) {
   Console.WriteLine("'{0}' is out of range of a 64-bit integer.", string1);
}
catch (FormatException) {
   Console.WriteLine("The format of '{0}' is invalid.", string1);
}

string string2 = "F9A3CFF0A";
try {
   long number2 = Int64.Parse(string2,
                              System.Globalization.NumberStyles.HexNumber);
   Console.WriteLine(number2);
}
catch (OverflowException) {
   Console.WriteLine("'{0}' is out of range of a 64-bit integer.", string2);
}
catch (FormatException) {
   Console.WriteLine("The format of '{0}' is invalid.", string2);
}

long[] numbers = { -1403, 0, 169, 1483104 };
foreach (var number in numbers) {
   // Display value using default formatting.
   Console.Write("{0,-8}  -->   ", number.ToString());
   // Display value with 3 digits and leading zeros.
   Console.Write("{0,8:D3}", number);
   // Display value with 1 decimal digit.
   Console.Write("{0,13:N1}", number);
   // Display value as hexadecimal.
   Console.Write("{0,18:X2}", number);
   // Display value with eight hexadecimal digits.
   Console.WriteLine("{0,18:X8}", number);
}

long[] numbers = { -146, 11043, 2781913 };
foreach (var number in numbers) {
   Console.WriteLine("{0} (Base 10):", number);
   Console.WriteLine("   Binary:  {0}", Convert.ToString(number, 2));
   Console.WriteLine("   Octal:   {0}", Convert.ToString(number, 8));
   Console.WriteLine("   Hex:     {0}\n", Convert.ToString(number, 16));
}