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Type casting

Explore how to convert data types using type casting in C programming. Understand implicit and explicit type casting, see practical examples, and learn best practices to prevent data loss by casting from smaller to larger types.

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What is type casting?

Type casting is a special kind of operator that converts one datatype to another.

It is a unary operator, and its basic syntax is given below:

(type) (expression);

Types

There are two types of typecasting:

  • Implicit type casting
  • Explicit type casting
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