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Type Conversion

The document explains type conversion in programming, detailing the different types including basic to basic, basic to class, class to basic, and class to class conversions. It describes implicit and explicit conversions, providing examples and emphasizing the potential for data loss during type casting. The document also includes code snippets to illustrate the concepts discussed.

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Type Conversion

The document explains type conversion in programming, detailing the different types including basic to basic, basic to class, class to basic, and class to class conversions. It describes implicit and explicit conversions, providing examples and emphasizing the potential for data loss during type casting. The document also includes code snippets to illustrate the concepts discussed.

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TYPE CONVERSION

Content
• Type conversion
• Basic to Basic type
• Basic to Class type
• Class to Basic type
• Class to Class type
Let’s understand
• Have you bought any Pulse or Rice?
• It may possible that you will find some pebbles
inside it?
• That pebbles are also counted in weight.
• When someone is giving speech in English if he/she
may use some words of other language?
• The other language words used are also considered in
English speech.
Type Conversion
• Similarly, when constants and variables of different
types are mixed up in an expression

float x=6.2; Output


int n= x*2+6-1.1;
17

• Then they are converted into the same type.


• This is called type conversion
Basic to Basic type conversion
• When a primitive data type is converted in to another
primitive type it is known as basic to basic type
conversion.
• It can be further divided into two categories:
• Implicit Type Conversion Rule:
• If two variables are there, 1 will small size
and other with large size; the result of the
expression will be in large size.
• E.g.
• • cout<<(1.3*2);

• Result:
• 2.6 not=> 2
• Explicit Type Conversion:
• Forces an expression to be of specific
type.
• It is also called type casting.
• Syntax of type casting/explicit conversion:
• type(expression);
• E.g.
• • int(4*6.22);
• Result:
• • 24 not=> 24.88
• Explicit Type Conversion:
• There is a possibility of loss of data in case
of type casting.
• E.g.
• • cout<<int(4*6.22);
• Result:
• • 24 not=> 24.88

• There is a loss of .88.


• So type casting should be done carefully.
Basic to Class type conversion
• In this type of conversion the source type is basic type
and the destination type is class type.
• For example we have class employee and one object of
employee „emp‟ and suppose we want to assign the
employee code of employee „emp‟ by any integer variable
say „Ecode‟ then the statement below is the example of
the conversion from basic to class type.
• emp = Ecode ;
Class to Basic type
• In this type of conversion the source type is class type
and the destination type is basic type.
• For example we have class employee and one object of
employee „emp‟ and suppose we want to assign the
employee code of employee object „emp‟ to any integer
variable say „Ecode‟ then the statement below is the
example of the conversion from class to basic type.
• Ecode = emp ;
Example
#include <iostream> int main()
{
using namespace std; int marks1;
class classtobasic marks1=233;
{ classtobasic object(marks1);
int marks; marks1=object; //calling conversion
public: method
classtobasic(int x) cout<<"Marks are"<<marks1;
{ return 0;
marks=x; }
}
operator int()//casting operator or
conversion function
{

return(marks+100);
}

};
Class to Class type
• In this type of conversion both the type that is source type
and the destination type are of class type.
• In other words, one class data type is converted into the
another class type.
• For example we have two classes one for “computer” and
another for “mobile”. Suppose if we wish to
assign “price” of computer to mobile then it can be
achieved by the statement below which is the example of
the conversion from one class to another class type.
• mob = comp ;

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