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C++ Casting Operators Explained With Simple Example

Type casting is the method to convert variable (or expression) of a type to another type. Casting operators are special operators which are used to convert variable of one data type to another data type. Type casting can be done in two ways:

Implicit casting is being done automatically where values are copied to another compatible type. Eg: int to long int or float etc.

Explicit casting is done specifically by the programmer. In C++ there are four types of casting operator available.

dynamic_cast
const_cast
static_cast
reinterpret_cast

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This is one of the most dangerous casting operators. The “const_cast” operator is used to remove the const or volatile property of a variable. The target-type and source-type must be of the same type here.

Normal syntax to do const_cast is as follows:

const_cast <target-type> (expr)

target-type and expr must be of same type pointer or reference.

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C++ Casting Operators Explained With Simple Example

const_cast Casting Operator Explained With Simple Example