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The LL Suffix

Marking large constants

When you write a large number like 1000000000, C++ treats it as an int by default. If you multiply two such numbers, overflow happens before the result reaches your long long variable.

Add LL after a number to make it long long: 1000000000LL. Now the multiplication uses 64-bit arithmetic and does not overflow. Example: long long result = 1000000000 * 1000000000; overflows.

But long long result = 1000000000LL * 1000000000LL; works correctly.