Double-precision floating-point numbers have only 52 bits in the mantissa. Therefore, double values cannot represent all integers greater than 2⁵³ correctly. Before performing arithmetic operations on values larger than 2⁵³ in magnitude, convert the values to 64-bit integers. For example,

x = uint64(2^53+1);    % Floating-point arithmetic, loses precision

is not as accurate as the 64-bit integer arithmetic operation:

x = uint64(2^53) + 1;  % Preferred

Input Arguments

array

Array of any numeric class, such as single or double. If array is already of class uint64, the uint64 function has no effect.

Output Arguments

intArray

Array of class uint64. Values range from 0 to 2⁶⁴ – 1.

The uint64 function maps any values in array that are outside the limit to the nearest endpoint. For example,

uint64(2^64)   % 2^64 = 18446744073709551616

returns

ans =
    18446744073709551615

Examples

Convert a literal value to uint64:

x = uint64(9007199254740993);

Alternatives

When preallocating integer arrays, specify the class in the call to functions that support a class name input (such as zeros, ones or eye), rather than calling an integer conversion function. For example,

I = uint64(zeros(100));     % Creates an intermediate array

is not as efficient as

I = zeros(100, 'uint64');   % Preferred

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uint64 - Convert to 64-bit unsigned integer

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