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    Veena Antony Asst - Professor Bca Ct&Ism ST - Teresa's College (Autonomous)

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    The document discusses type casting in Java. It explains that (1) automatic type conversion occurs when assigning a value of a smaller data type to a larger compatible type, but explicit casting is needed for incompatible types or assigning a larger type to a smaller type. (2) Widening conversion examples include assigning an int to a long or float without loss of data. (3) Narrowing or explicit conversion is done using casting like (int) or (long) to assign a larger type like double to a smaller type like int or long, which can result in loss of data.

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    The document discusses type casting in Java. It explains that (1) automatic type conversion occurs when assigning a value of a smaller data type to a larger compatible type, but explicit casting is needed for incompatible types or assigning a larger type to a smaller type. (2) Widening conversion examples include assigning an int to a long or float without loss of data. (3) Narrowing or explicit conversion is done using casting like (int) or (long) to assign a larger type like double to a smaller type like int or long, which can result in loss of data.

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    The document discusses type casting in Java. It explains that (1) automatic type conversion occurs when assigning a value of a smaller data type to a larger compatible type, but explicit casting is needed for incompatible types or assigning a larger type to a smaller type. (2) Widening conversion examples include assigning an int to a long or float without loss of data. (3) Narrowing or explicit conversion is done using casting like (int) or (long) to assign a larger type like double to a smaller type like int or long, which can result in loss of data.

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    Veena Antony Asst - Professor Bca Ct&Ism ST - Teresa's College (Autonomous)

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    The document discusses type casting in Java. It explains that (1) automatic type conversion occurs when assigning a value of a smaller data type to a larger compatible type, but explicit casting is needed for incompatible types or assigning a larger type to a smaller type. (2) Widening conversion examples include assigning an int to a long or float without loss of data. (3) Narrowing or explicit conversion is done using casting like (int) or (long) to assign a larger type like double to a smaller type like int or long, which can result in loss of data.

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    Veena Antony

    Asst.Professor
    BCA CT&ISM
    St.Teresa’s College(Autonomous)
    TYPE CASTING

    2
    • When you assign value of one data type to
    another, the two types might not be
    compatible with each other. If the data types
    are compatible, then Java will perform the
    conversion automatically known as Automatic
    Type Conversion and if not then they need to
    be casted or converted explicitly. For example,
    assigning an int value to a long variable.

    3
    Widening or Automatic Type Conversion
    Widening conversion takes place when two data types are
    automatically converted.
    This happens when:
    • The two data types are compatible.
    • When we assign value of a smaller data type to a bigger data
    type.
    • For Example, in java the numeric data types are compatible
    with each other but no automatic conversion is supported
    from numeric type to char or boolean. Also, char and boolean
    are not compatible with each other.

    4
    class Test
    {
        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
            int i = 100;  // automatic type conversion
            long l = i;   // automatic type conversion
            float f = l; 
            System.out.println("Int value "+i);
            System.out.println("Long value "+l); Output:
    Int value 100
            System.out.println("Float value "+f); Long value 100
    Float value 100.0
        }
    }
    5
    Narrowing or Explicit Conversion
    • If we want to assign a value of larger data type to a
    smaller data type we perform explicit type casting or
    narrowing. This is useful for incompatible data types
    where automatic conversion cannot be done.
    • Here, target-type specifies the desired type to
    convert the specified value to.
    • char and number are not compatible with each
    other. 

    6
    //Java program to illustrate //Java program to illustrate explicit type
    incompatible data  conversion
    public class Test
    // type for explicit type conversion
    {
        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
            double d = 100.04; 
    public class Test          long l = (long)d; //explicit type
    casting
    {
            int i = (int)l;   //explicit type casting 
     public static void main(String[]
            System.out.println("Double value
    args) "+d);
      {            //fractional part lost
        char ch = 'c';         System.out.println("Long value "+l); 
    Output:           //fractional part lost
        int num
    7: error: = 88;
    incompatible types: Output:
            System.out.println("Int
    Double value 100.04value "+i); 
        ch = num;
    possible lossy conversion from
        }  Long value 100
      }int to char ch = num; }
    ^ Int value 100
    } 1 error
    7
    THANK YOU!!

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