In this article I am trying to elaborate the concept of type casting in C#.
Type conversion is basically type casting, or converting one type of data to another type. In C#, type casting has two forms:
Implicit type conversion - these conversions are performed by C# in a type-safe manner. Examples are conversions from smaller to larger integral types, and conversions from derived classes to base classes.
Explicit type conversion - these conversions are done explicitly by users using the pre-defined functions. Explicit conversions require a cast operator.
C# Type Conversion Methods
C# provides the following built-in type conversion methods:
Methods | Description |
ToBoolean | Converts a type to a Boolean value, where possible. |
ToByte | Converts a type to a byte. |
ToChar | Converts a type to a single Unicode character, where possible. |
ToDateTime | Converts a type (integer or string type) to date-time structures. |
ToDecimal | Converts a floating point or integer type to a decimal type. |
ToDouble | Converts a type to a double type. |
ToInt16 | Converts a type to a 16-bit integer. |
ToInt32 | Converts a type to a 32-bit integer. |
ToInt64 | Converts a type to a 64-bit integer. |
ToSbyte | Converts a type to a signed byte type. |
ToSingle | Converts a type to a small floating point number. |
ToString | Converts a type to a string. |
ToType | Converts a type to a specified type. |
ToUInt16 | Converts a type to an unsigned int type. |
ToUInt32 | Converts a type to an unsigned long type. |
ToUInt64 | Converts a type to an unsigned big integer. |
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