{"id":8389,"date":"2021-04-24T09:53:18","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T09:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prwatech.in\/blog\/?p=8389"},"modified":"2024-04-13T07:45:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T07:45:29","slug":"scala-type-casting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prwatech.in\/blog\/scala\/scala-modules-scala\/scala-type-casting\/","title":{"rendered":"Scala &#8211; Type Casting"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2><span data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Scala Type Casting with Examples&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:6145,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:1},&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;}\">Scala Type Casting with Examples<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Type Casting<\/strong> means the <a href=\"http:\/\/scala-lang.org\">conversion<\/a> from one type to another type. <a href=\"https:\/\/prwatech.in\/blog\/scala\/scala-a-quick-overview\/\">scala<\/a> also has a method of Type Casting. in scala type casting is done by using method called <strong>asInstanceOf[] <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>use case 1:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>object<\/strong> prwatech {<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u00a0 <strong>def<\/strong> display[A](y:<em>String<\/em>, x:A)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>{<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 println(y + &#8221; = &#8221; + x + &#8221; is of type &#8221; +\u00a0 x.getClass.getName);<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u00a0 }<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\/\/ Main method<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>def<\/strong> main(args: Array[<em>String<\/em>])<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>{<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>var<\/strong> i:Int = 10;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2<strong>var<\/strong> f:Float = 3e5f;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>var<\/strong> d:Double = 8.2;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a04 <strong>var<\/strong> c:Char = &#8216;e&#8217;;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 display(&#8220;i&#8221;, i);<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 display(&#8220;f&#8221;, f);<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 display(&#8220;d&#8221;, d);<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 display(&#8220;c&#8221;, c);<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>var<\/strong> i1 = i.asInstanceOf[Char]; 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+<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8221; casting into float is &#8221; + q)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 }<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>}<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>output<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The value of p after casting into float is 15.0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>use case 3:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>object<\/strong> prwatech<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>{<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\/ Main method<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>def<\/strong> main(args:Array[<em>String<\/em>])<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 {<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>val<\/strong> x = 12.56<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>val<\/strong> y = 3.12<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\/ Casting value of a into float<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>val<\/strong> z = (x\/y).asInstanceOf[Int]<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 println(&#8220;The value of z after&#8221; 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