In many programming languages, including C and C++, the “L” suffix at the end of an integer literal indicates that the literal is a long integer type.
For example, the following code defines a variable x with a value of 12345, and specifies that the type of x is long int:
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long int x = 12345L;
Without the L suffix, the literal 12345 would be interpreted as an int type by default, which may have a different size and range depending on the implementation. By explicitly specifying the long int type with the L suffix, you ensure that the variable x has a consistent size and range across different implementations.
Note that in C++, you can also use the LL suffix to indicate a long long int type, which is an even larger integer type. For example:
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long long int x = 12345LL;
In C++11 and later, you can also use the ' suffix to indicate a long long int type.