The use of the cast operator
/*
Mastering Visual C# .NET
by Jason Price, Mike Gunderloy
Publisher: Sybex;
ISBN: 0782129110
*/
/*
Example2_3.cs shows the use of the cast operator,
and how information loss can occur when explicitly
converting a variable of one type to another
*/
public class Example2_3
{
public static void Main()
{
short myShort = 17000;
System.Console.WriteLine("myShort = " + myShort);
int myInt = myShort;
System.Console.WriteLine("myInt = " + myInt);
myShort = (short) (myInt * 2);
System.Console.WriteLine("myShort = " + myShort);
}
}
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