Number Conversions

We can cast any integer to an upper or lower Int class:

var a = 12;
var b = (short)a;
var c = (long)a;

These are numeric conversions, more specifically explicit conversions.

We could replace the var with the actual type and then we wouldn't need the explicit conversion anymore.

var a = 12;
short b = a;

Now, this is called an implicit conversion because you let the compiler do it "implicitly".

Then, we can use GetTypeCode to see the type for each variable:

Console.WriteLine(a.GetTypeCode());  // Int32
Console.WriteLine(b.GetTypeCode());  // Int16
Console.WriteLine(c.GetTypeCode());  // Int64

# Number Conversions