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<paragraph id="par_id3148686" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Converts any string or numeric expression to a long integer.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3159414" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">If <literal>Expression</literal> lies outside the valid long integer range between -2.147.483.648 and 2.147.483.647, $[officename] Basic returns an overflow error.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3150358" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">This function always rounds the fractional part of a number to the nearest integer.</paragraph>
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