Target C#: Simple Hands-On Programming with Visual Studio 2022

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G. ByrneTarget C#https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8619-7_8

8. Arithmetic

Gerard Byrne¹  

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Belfast, Ireland

 

Arithmetic Operations

We learned in Chapter 7 that variables can be “converted” from one numeric data type to another, which is referred to as casting, or from a string value to a numeric value, which is called parsing. Parsing uses methods from a wrapper class to convert the string data to a numeric data type value. These are important concepts and widely used in all programming languages by professional developers. As we develop our C# skills throughout the chapters, we will use these concepts, so it is worthwhile constantly reminding ourselves ...