• James (1/1) Oct 29 2008 can anybody tell me how to convert int value to short since normal type-...
• Robert Fraser (4/5) Oct 29 2008 Assuming the int can fit in a short (that is, it is between -32768 and
• Jarrett Billingsley (7/8) Oct 29 2008 It's... it's called the pigeonhole principle. You have too many

James <james gmail.com> writes:

can anybody tell me how to convert int value to short since normal type-casting
would return diff value (im not familiar with bit-shift, etc.)

Robert Fraser <fraserofthenight gmail.com> writes:

James wrote:
 can anybody tell me how to convert int value to short since normal
type-casting would return diff value (im not familiar with bit-shift, etc.)

Assuming the int can fit in a short (that is, it is between -32768 and 
32767, inclusive) just use cast(short). Otherwise... well, that's for 
you to figure out depending on the needs of your application.

"Jarrett Billingsley" <jarrett.billingsley gmail.com> writes:

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 4:17 AM, James <james gmail.com> wrote:
 can anybody tell me how to convert int value to short since normal
type-casting would return diff value (im not familiar with bit-shift, etc.)

It's... it's called the pigeonhole principle.  You have too many
things to put into too few slots.  A short can only hold one of 65,536
distinct values, whereas an int can hold over 4 billion.  You just
can't put 4 billion things into 65,536 slots.  So yes, for all but
numbers in the range that a short can hold, casting will give you a
different value.