The use of the cast operator

   
  
/*
Mastering Visual C# .NET
by Jason Price, Mike Gunderloy

Publisher: Sybex;
ISBN: 0782129110
*/

/*
  Example2_3.cs shows the use of the cast operator,
  and how information loss can occur when explicitly
  converting a variable of one type to another
*/

public class Example2_3
{

  public static void Main()
  {

    short myShort = 17000;
    System.Console.WriteLine("myShort = " + myShort);

    int myInt = myShort;
    System.Console.WriteLine("myInt = " + myInt);

    myShort = (short) (myInt * 2);
    System.Console.WriteLine("myShort = " + myShort);

  }

}