How to define a terabyte constant in VB.NET

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Imports System

Module TerabyteExample

    '
    ' VB.NET Long is a signed 64‑bit integer.
    ' Maximum value: 9,223,372,036,854,775,807  (~9.22 × 10^18)
    '
    ' Terabyte sizes:
    '
    '   1 TiB = 2^40  = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes
    '   1 TB  = 10^12 = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes
    '
    ' Both values fit safely inside a Long.
    '

    ' Binary terabyte (tebibyte), using a bit shift.
    ' 1L << 40 = 2^40 bytes.
    Public Const TERABYTE_TIB As Long = 1L << 40

    ' Decimal terabyte (SI), using a readable numeric literal.
    Public Const TERABYTE_TB As Long = 1_000_000_000_000L

    Sub Main()
        Console.WriteLine("1 TiB = " & TERABYTE_TIB & " bytes")
        Console.WriteLine("1 TB  = " & TERABYTE_TB  & " bytes")
    End Sub

End Module



' run:
'
' 1 TiB = 1099511627776 bytes
' 1 TB  = 1000000000000 bytes
'

 



answered May 3 by avibootz
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