Typecasting

Operators

Typecasting is a way of specifying what we want in terms of the assignment and the values passed to the assignment.

Typecast operators:

• string
• float
• signed
• unsigned

Converting to string

If we want to assign a numeric variable as an ASCII string then we can use the "STRING" typecast operator.

StringVar = STRING NumericVar

This can be taken further and used on results of calculations etc.

StringVar = STRING(NumericVar * 5)

Converting to float

If we want to assign a integer variable as a floating point variable then we can use the "FLOAT" typecast operator.

FloatVar = FLOAT IntVar

This can be taken further and used on results of calculations etc.

FloatVar = FLOAT (IntVar * 5)

To assign a float status to a fixed value we can do one of the following.

• FloatVar = FLOAT 5
• FloatVar = 5.0