I am converting large binary numbers to decimal form in a python project. I was using this method to convert binary numbers:
for number in binary_numbers:
integer = int(number, 2)
integers.append(integer)
This accesses a list of binary_numbers and adds the converted number to another list of integers.
Given this binary number: '1101100111001001110110001100100111011001110010001101100011001001110110011100100111011000110010001101100111001000110110001100100'
I got this: 144745261873314177475604083946266324068L
The number is correct, but there is an 'L' added to the end.
The next smallest number in my series was: '110110011100100111011000110010011101100111001000110110001100100' which gave me a decimal value of 7846656369001524324 (no 'L')
Why is the 'L' there? Where did it come from? Any help would be much appreciated.
