#### 12.2.8 integer [System Class] ¶

#### Class Precedence List:: ¶

integer, rational,

real,

number, t

#### Description:: ¶

An integer is a mathematical integer. There is no limit on the magnitude of an integer.

The types fixnum and bignum form an exhaustive partition of type integer.

#### Compound Type Specifier Kind:: ¶

Abbreviating.

#### Compound Type Specifier Syntax:: ¶

(`integer`{`[`lower-limit [upper-limit]`]`})

#### Compound Type Specifier Arguments:: ¶

lower-limit, upper-limit—interval designators for type integer. The defaults for each of lower-limit and upper-limit is the symbol *.

#### Compound Type Specifier Description:: ¶

This denotes the integers on the interval described by lower-limit and upper-limit.

#### See Also:: ¶

Figure~2–9, Constructing Numbers from Tokens, Printing Integers

#### Notes:: ¶

The type `(integer lower upper)`, where lower and upper are most-negative-fixnum and most-positive-fixnum, respectively, is also called fixnum.

The type `(integer 0 1)` is also called bit. The type `(integer 0 *)` is also called unsigned-byte.