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The closest VB equivalent to the standard C# casting operator is the
DirectCast operator. However, use of this operator is
invalid in many cases where standard C# casting is used:
e.g.,
This C# code works fine:
i
= (int)someDouble;
but the following VB code will not compile:
i
= DirectCast(someDouble, Integer)
For this reason, the more reliable equivalent in VB is the CType
macro and the related shortcut VB macros (CInt, CBool, etc.).
A further complication is that C# integer casts always truncate,
while the VB integer conversion macros always round. For this
reason, in order to achieve the same results as the C# casts, a call
to the VB Fix function is required prior to the call to the
CInt, CLng, and CShort macros when converting
C# integer casts.
e.g.,
This C# code:
i
= (int)someDouble;
has this VB equivalent:
i
= CInt(Fix(someDouble))
The C# as operator always converts to the VB TryCast
operator.
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to VB and you are depending on the results being reliable and accurate,
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