Can IntPrt used in conditional statements ?

[Guest]

Hi there,

Can i use IntPtr in conditional statements like if/else?

Example

IntPtr a = (IntPtr)123;

if (a < 125)
{
// call this
}

Any help? I keep getting an error.

Thanks.

 

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

Both 'a' and '125' are incompatible types, you have to convert the IntPtr
back to an int.

if((int)a < 125)

Note that you can't apply the < operator to IntPtr types, so:
if(a < (IntPtr)125)

won't work either.

Willy.

 

[Mohamoss]

Hi Chua
You explicitly need to cast the IntPtr to integer in order to compare it
to the Int value

Mohamed Mahfouz
MEA Developer Support Center
ITworx on behalf of Microsoft EMEA GTSC

 

[Guest]

Thanks Willy and Mohamoss.

So casting IntPtr to int, does not lose any data. Am i right?

Cheers.