Type casing

3.4 Typecasting Casting is an operation that converts a value of one data type into a value of another data type. The syntax for type casting is to give the target type in parenthesis followed by the variable name. Example: float f = (float) 10.1; Int i = (int)f; in this case, value of i is 10, the fractional part is discarded, while using type casting there is a chance of lost information that might lead to inaccurate result. Example: int i = 10000; byte s = (short) i; In this example value of s becomes 10, which is totally distorted, to ensure correctness; you can test if the value is in the correct target type range before using type casting. Casts that results in no loss of information byte => short, char, int, long, float, double short => int, long, float, double char => int, long, float, double int => long, float, double long => float, double float => double