/* The operation of explicit conversion is called cast */

​

using System;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        // Implicit conversion is possible here but not the other way

        int a = 5;

        long c = a;

        long t = 5;

        //int b = t; // this cause the error: will Cannot implicitly convert type 'long' to 'int'. An explicit conversion exists (are you missing a cast?)

        int b = (int) t; // You will need to explicitly convert it using (int) 

        //Again you will need to do the same below

        double doubleValue = 10.0;

        long longValue = (long) doubleValue;

        Console.WriteLine("t.GetType().ToString(): " + t.GetType().ToString());

        Console.WriteLine("b.GetType().ToString(): " + b.GetType().ToString());

        var someVar = 5.0;

        Console.WriteLine("someVar.GetType().ToString(): " + someVar.GetType().ToString());

​

    }

}