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Illustrates boxing and unboxing

 
/*
Mastering Visual C# .NET
by Jason Price, Mike Gunderloy

Publisher: Sybex;
ISBN: 0782129110
*/

/*
  Example7_8.cs illustrates boxing and unboxing
*/

using System;

public class Example7_8
{

  public static void Main()
  {

    // implicit boxing of an int
    int myInt1 = 10;
    Console.WriteLine("myInt1.ToString() = " + myInt1.ToString());
    Console.WriteLine("myInt1.GetType() = " + myInt1.GetType());

    // explicit boxing of an int to an object
    int myInt2 = 10;
    object myObject = myInt2;  // myInt2 is boxed
    Console.WriteLine("myInt2 = " + myInt2);
    Console.WriteLine("myObject = " + myObject);

    // explicit unboxing of an object to an int
    int myInt3 = (int) myObject;  // myObject is unboxed
    Console.WriteLine("myInt3 = " + myInt3);

  }

}

           
         
  

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