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A Gentle Introduction to
C# Programming

Converting between number types

 

Data types

Converting between number types

When converting from a floating point number to an integer there is likely to be a loss of precision - for example 3.1 will become 3.

When converting from an integer to a floating point there is no such danger.

1. [ C# ] integer to floating point


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Not much can go wrong. The conversion is automatic.

However notice:

  • the calculation i/10 is performed as an integer calculation and gives 123.0
  • the calculation i/10.0 is performed as a floating point calculation and gives 123.4

2. [ C# ] Rounding to an integer


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We can use Math.Round to round up or down then cast to a long

We can simply cast explicitly and have the fractional part of the number discarded.