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 |
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ToBoolean |
Converts a type to a Boolean value, where possible. |
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ToByte |
Converts a type to a byte. |
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ToChar |
Converts a type to a single Unicode character, where possible. |
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ToDateTime |
Converts a type (integer or string type) to date-time structures. |
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ToDecimal |
Converts a floating point or integer type to a decimal type. |
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ToDouble |
Converts a type to a double type. |
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ToInt16 |
Converts a type to a 16-bit integer. |
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ToInt32 |
Converts a type to a 32-bit integer. |
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ToInt64 |
Converts a type to a 64-bit integer. |
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ToSbyte |
Converts a type to a signed byte type. |
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ToSingle |
Converts a type to a small floating point number. |
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ToString |
Converts a type to a string. |
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ToType |
Converts a type to a specified type. |
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ToUInt16 |
Converts a type to an unsigned int type. |
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ToUInt32 |
Converts a type to an unsigned long type. |
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ToUInt64 |
Converts a type to an unsigned big integer. |
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