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This is a discussion on casts within the C Programming forums, part of the General Programming Boards category; can somebody please explain what a cast is ?...

  1. 03-08-2008 #1
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    can somebody please explain what a cast is ?
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    When you cast a variable you are changing the type. Here is a good site to explain things: http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/typecasting.html


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