Integer

An integer is a whole number that can be positive or negative.

The following operations are supported for integers:

• +, -, *, /: addition, subtraction, multiplication, integer division
• %: remainder of integer division (i.e. modulus)
• **: exponentiation
• &, |, ^, ~: bitwise AND, OR, XOR, NOT
• <<, >>: left and right bit-shift

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Integers in Nextflow can be backed by any of the following Java types: int, long, Integer, Long.