reinterpretcast.md

Explicit Casting

In the C++ language, you can use the following methods to convert or cast data from one type to another.

• C styled casts
• reinterpret_cast
• dynamic_cast
• static_cast
• const_cast

C Styled Casts

In the standard C++ and C language, you can convert or "cast" similiar types of data. For instance:

char myInitial = 'N';
int myInitialAscii = (int)myInitial;
// OR
int myInitialAscii = int(myInitial); // Familiar to the python programmer

dynamic_cast

• Used with pointers and references
  • or void*

reinterpret_cast