Java type casting involves converting a value of one data type to another. There are two main types: widening type casting and narrowing type casting. Widening type casting automatically converts a lower data type to a higher one without data loss. Narrowing type casting manually converts a higher data type to a lower one through parentheses, which can result in data loss.
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Java Type Casting
Java type casting involves converting a value of one data type to another. There are two main types: widening type casting and narrowing type casting. Widening type casting automatically converts a lower data type to a higher one without data loss. Narrowing type casting manually converts a higher data type to a lower one through parentheses, which can result in data loss.
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JAVA TYPE CASTING
Java Type Casting
• The process of converting the value of one data type (int, float, double, etc.) to another data type is known as typecasting. Two major types. 1. Widening Type Casting 2. Narrowing Type Casting Widening Type Casting • In Widening Type Casting, Java automatically converts one data to another data type class Main { public static void main(String[] args) {
// create int type variable
int num = 10; System.out.println("The integer value: " + num);
// convert into double type
double data = num; System.out.println("The double value: " + data); } } class Main { public static void main(String[] args) {
// create int type variable
int num = 10; System.out.println("The integer value: " + num);
// convert into double type
double data = num; System.out.println("The double value: " + data); } Output: } The integer value: 10 The double value: 10.0 class Main { public static void main(String[] args) {
// create int type variable
int num = 10; System.out.println("The integer value: " + num);
// convert into double type
double data = num; System.out.println("The double value: " + data); } Output: } The integer value: 10 The double value: 10.0 class Main { public static void main(String[] args) {
// create int type variable
int num = 10; System.out.println("The integer value: " + num);
// convert into double type
double data = num; System.out.println("The double value: " + data); } Output: } The integer value: 10 The double value: 10.0 Widening Type Casting • In Widening Type Casting, Java automatically converts one data to another data type In the case of Widening Type Casting, the lower data type (having smaller size) is converted into the higher data type (having larger size). Hence there is no loss in data. This is why this type of conversion happens automatically. Note: This is also known as Implicit Type Casting. Narrowing Type Casting • In Narrowing Type Casting, we manually convert one data type into another using the parenthesis. class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { // create double type variable double num = 10.99; System.out.println("The double value: " + num); // convert into int type int data = (int)num; System.out.println("The integer value: " + data); } } Output: The double value: 10.99 The integer value: 10.0 In the case of Narrowing Type Casting, the higher data types (having larger size) are converted into lower data types (having smaller size). Hence there is the loss of data. This is why this type of conversion does not happen automatically. Note: int data = (int) num. Here, the int keyword inside the parenthesis indicates that the num variable is converted into the int type.