Dtype Conversion

⇒ All number types support conversions to other types:

toByte(): Byte

toShort(): Short

toInt(): Int

toLong(): Long

toFloat(): Float

toDouble(): Double

→ In many cases, there is no need for explicit conversions because the type is inferred from the context, and arithmetical operations are overloaded for appropriate conversions, for example:


val l = 1L + 3 // Long + Int => Long

Type Conversion

Type conversion is when you convert the value of one data type to another type

In Kotlin, numeric type conversion is different from Java. For example, it is not possible to convert an Int type to a Long type with the following code:

To convert a numeric data type to another type, you must use one of the following functions: toByte(), toShort(), toInt(), toLong(), toFloat(), toDouble() or toChar():


val x =  50 // Int
val y : Long = x.toLong()   // Long
println(y)

⇒ For More :

Kotlin Data Types

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