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Type Conversion

In C and C++, type conversion occurs automatically based on fixed rules, particularly during assignment operations. However, issues arise when mixing user-defined and primary data types, necessitating special functions for conversion. There are three types of conversions: from basic to class type, from class to basic type, and from one class type to another, each requiring specific methods like constructors or conversion functions.

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Type Conversion

In C and C++, type conversion occurs automatically based on fixed rules, particularly during assignment operations. However, issues arise when mixing user-defined and primary data types, necessitating special functions for conversion. There are three types of conversions: from basic to class type, from class to basic type, and from one class type to another, each requiring specific methods like constructors or conversion functions.

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Type Conversion

• In C programming language, when different types of constants


and variables are used in expression, C automatically perform
type conversion based on some fixed rules. In assignment
operation, variable at the right hand side is automatically
converted to the type of the variable on the left. The Same can
also be possible in C++ programming language.
• But this automated type promotion will work well if both data
types are of primary data type or both are of same user-defined
data type. But it will create problem when one data type is user-
defined data type and another is primary data type. So for that
we have to use some special function for type conversion as in
such cases automatic type conversion can not be performed by
the language itself.
There are three types of possible type conversion
• 1. Conversion from basic type to class type
• 2. Conversion from class type to basic type
• 3. Conversion from one class type to another class type
Conversion from basic to class type
• In this type of conversion the source type is basic type and the
destination type is class type. Means basic data type is
converted into the class type.
Using Constructor
• We can use constructor to perform type conversion during the
object creation.
• Consider the following example with class ‘Time’ in which we
want to assign total time in minutes by integer
variable ‘duration’.
Conversion from class to basic type
• In this type of conversion the source type is class type and the destination type
is basic type. Means class data type is converted into the basic type.
• For example we have class Time and one object of Time class ‘t’ and suppose
we want to assign the total time of object ‘t’ to any integer variable
say ‘duration’ then the statement below is the example of the conversion from
class to basic type.

duration= t ; // where, t is object and


duration is of basic data type
Here the assignment will be done by converting “t” object which is of class type
into the basic or primary data type. It requires special casting operator function
for class type to basic type conversion. This is known as the conversion function.
The syntax for the conversion function is as under:
• The conversion function should satisfy the following condition:
1.It must be a class member.
2.It must not specify the return value even though it returns the value.
3.It must not have any argument.
Conversion from Class to Class type

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