Type Casting Operator link

What Is Type Casting? Type casting is when you convert the data type of the variable to some other data type.

• Type Casting in Rust In Rust, typecasting is done using the as keyword followed by the desired data type of the variable or value.

The following example demonstrates the use of type casting operator in a program:

  
fn main() {
    let a = 15;
    let b = (a as f64) / 2.0; 
    println!("a: {}", a);
    println!("b: {}", b);
}
  

output

  a: 15
b: 7.5
  

📝 What data types can be type casted?

• Integer can be type casted to floating-point and vice versa.
• Integer can be typecasted to String

📝What data types cannot be type casted?

• String (&str) or character cannot be type casted to the data type of type integer or float.
• Character cannot be type casted to String type and vice versa

The following code gives an error, ❌, because of the invalid type casting operation:

  fn main() {
    let a: char = 'r' ; // cannot be type casted
    let b = a as &str ; 
    println!("a: {}", a);
    println!("b: {}", b);
}
  

Quiz link

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