Casting question

[Constantine Filin]

Greetings -

I have a very simple program:

=====================================
using System;

class Class1
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
object o = 0; // o is now System.Int32 type
try
{
uint n = (uint)o; // generates invalid cast exception
}
catch( Exception e )
{
System.Console.Out.WriteLine(e);
}
}
}
=====================================

Running it generates an invalid cast exception on line
uint n = (uint)o;

Does anybody have an idea why casting an int to uint generates
an exception?

Thanks

Constantine

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Greetings -

I have a very simple program:

=====================================
using System;

class Class1
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
object o = 0; // o is now System.Int32 type
try
{
uint n = (uint)o; // generates invalid cast exception
}
catch( Exception e )
{
System.Console.Out.WriteLine(e);
}
}
}
=====================================

Running it generates an invalid cast exception on line
uint n = (uint)o;

Does anybody have an idea why casting an int to uint generates
an exception?

Yes - because you're not casting from an Int32 to a UInt32. You're
casting from a *boxed* Int32 to a UInt32, which you can't do - when you
unbox, you need to do it to precisely the correct type. You can do:

uint n = (uint)(int)o;

though.

 

[Mark Johnson]

uint n = (uint)(int)o;

Well, that is interesting to know. Thank you!

Mark Johnson, Berlin Germany
(e-mail address removed)

Greetings -

I have a very simple program:

=====================================
using System;

class Class1
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
object o = 0; // o is now System.Int32 type
try
{
uint n = (uint)o; // generates invalid cast exception
}
catch( Exception e )
{
System.Console.Out.WriteLine(e);
}
}
}
=====================================

Running it generates an invalid cast exception on line
uint n = (uint)o;

Does anybody have an idea why casting an int to uint generates
an exception?

Yes - because you're not casting from an Int32 to a UInt32. You're
casting from a *boxed* Int32 to a UInt32, which you can't do - when you
unbox, you need to do it to precisely the correct type. You can do:

uint n = (uint)(int)o;

though.