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Learn C# in 7 days

You're reading from   Learn C# in 7 days Get up and running with C# 7 with async main, tuples, pattern matching, LINQ, regex, indexers, and more

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787287044
Length 306 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (9) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Day 01 - Overview of the .NET Framework FREE CHAPTER 2. Day 02 - Getting Started with C# 3. Day 03 - What's New in C# 4. Day 04 - Discussing C# Class Members 5. Day 05 - Overview of Reflection and Collections 6. Day 06 - Deep Dive with Advanced Concepts 7. Day 07 - Understanding Object-Oriented Programming with C# 8. Day 08 - Test Your Skills – Build a Real-World Application

An overview of type conversion


Type conversion means converting one type into another type. Alternatively, we call it as casting or type casting. Type conversion is broadly divided into the following categories.

Implicit conversion

Implicit conversion is the conversion that is performed by the C# compiler internally to match the the type of variable by assignment of values to that variable. This action happens implicitly, and there's no need to write any extra code to obey the type-safe mechanism. In implicit conversions, only smaller to larger types and derived classes to base class is possible.

Explicit conversion

Explicit conversion is the conversion that is performed by the user explicitly with the use of the cast operator; that's why this is also known as type casting. Explicit conversion is also possible using built-in type conversion methods. For more information, refer to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/explicit-numeric-conversions-table.

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