Introduction to Programming

Cast operator:  (target type)

The cast operator is used for type casting, assigning a value of one type to a variable of another type. Usually, it is used to enable conversions that would otherwise not be allowed by the compiler. We used type casting, for example, when we discussed integer division, the char type as a numeric type, and assigning a class reference to a variable that has a type of one of the implemented interfaces:

int i1 = 11;int i2 = 3;System.out.println((float)i1 / i2);  //prints: 3.6666667System.out.println((int)a);          //prints: 97IntrfA intA = (IntrfA)classA;

There are two potential issues to watch while casting:

• In the case of primitive types, the value should be smaller than the maximum value the target type can hold (we ...