Boxing and unboxing demo : Boxing UnBoxing « Language Basics « VB.Net

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3. Boxing UnBoxing

Boxing and unboxing demo

Imports System

Public Class MainClass
    
    Shared Sub Main()
         Dim myIntegerVariable As Integer = 123

         ' boxing
         Dim myObjectVariable As Object = myIntegerVariable
         Console.WriteLine("myObjectVariable: {0}", _
               myObjectVariable.ToString(  ))

         ' unboxing (must be explicit)
         Dim anotherIntegerVariable As Integer = _
              DirectCast(myObjectVariable, Integer)
         Console.WriteLine("anotherIntegerVariable: {0}", _
              anotherIntegerVariable)
    End Sub
End Class



           
       

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