# How to init myLongArray as array(java.lang.Long, \[myLongValue\])

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**Category:** Ignition Early Access\
**Tags:** ignition80\
**Created:** [February 4, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-init-mylongarray-as-array-java-lang-long-mylongvalue/31922 "2020-02-04T20:29:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-init-mylongarray-as-array-java-lang-long-mylongvalue/31922/7 "2021-02-26T17:09:32Z")

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> [@anastasia.blinova](#):
>
> Do you know how to avoid this? Or an alternative way to turn bse64 str into Java byte array

```python
from com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common import Base64
bytes = Base64.decode(string)

```

No muss, no fuss.

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