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C# / C Sharp » Data Types » Casting Conversions Screenshots  The use of the cast operator    /* Mastering Visual C# .NET by Jason Price, Mike Gunderloy Publisher: Sybex; ISBN: 0782129110 */ /*   Example2_3.cs shows the use of the cast operator,   and how information loss can occur when explicitly   converting a variable of one type to another */ public class Example2_3 {   public static void Main()   {     short myShort = 17000;     System.Console.WriteLine("myShort = " + myShort);     int myInt = myShort;     System.Console.WriteLine("myInt = " + myInt);     myShort = (short) (myInt * 2);     System.Console.WriteLine("myShort = " + myShort);   } }                               Related examples in the same category 1. An example that uses an implicit conversion operator 2. Use an explicit conversion 3. illustrates casting objects 4. Casting int float and byte 5. User-Defined Conversions: How It Works: Conversion Lookup 6. Conversions: Numeric Types 7. Numeric Types: Checked Conversions 8. Conversions:Numeric Types:Checked Conversions 9. Conversions:Numeric Types:Conversions and Member Lookup 10. Conversions:Numeric Types:Explicit Numeric Conversions 11. Conversions of Classes (Reference Types)\To an Interface the Object Might Implement 12. Conversions of Classes (Reference Types):To the Base Class of an Object 13. User-Defined Conversions:A Simple Example 14. Classes and Pre and Post Conversions 15. Conversion Lookup 16. InvalidCastException 17. NumberStyles.Integer 18. NumberStyles.None 19. NumberStyles.Integer | NumberStyles.AllowDecimalPoint 20. NumberStyles.Integer | NumberStyles.AllowDecimalPoint 21. NumberStyles.Integer | NumberStyles.AllowThousands 22. NumberStyles.Integer | NumberStyles.AllowExponent 23. NumberStyles.HexNumber 24. Converts String to Any Other Type 25. Convert To Int 32 26. Converts a number value into a string that represents the number expressed in whole kilobytes. 27. Converts a numeric value into number expressed as a size value in bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, or terabytes depending on the size. 28. Returns a System.String representation of the value object