C# Tutorial: 06 - Type Casting

Tutorial 06: Type Casting

Changing variable of one type to another is referred as type casting. For example, if you assign floating point value to integer variable. Type casting can be of two types:

1. Implicit Casting
   
2. Explicit Casting
   

1. Implicit Casting

    Type casting which is performed by compiler automatically is referred as implicit type casting      e.g.

    char > int > long > float > double

    For example:

   

2. Explicit Casting

    Type casting which is performed by programmer manually is called explicit type casting e.g.

    double > float > long > int > char

    For example:

Type Casting Methods in C#

There are casting methods available in C# in order to to convert various data types.

Convert.ToBoolean() // To convert into boolean value

Convert.ToChar()      // To convert into char

Convert.ToInt()         // To convert to int

Convert.ToInt16()     // To convert into short

Convert.ToInt32()     //  To convert into int

Convert.ToInt64()    // To convert into long

Convert.ToFloat()    // To convert into float

Convert.ToDouble()  // To convert into double

Convert.ToString()  // To convert into string

For example see following: