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In below program we have assigned float f=10;
that should give us compiler error . but this program compiles fine and gives output 10.
what am I missing . please let me know.
 
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In below program we have assigned float f=10;
that should give us compiler error . but this program compiles fine and gives output 10.
what am I missing . please let me know.



You forgot about the implicit casts. An int will implicitedly cast to a float. Hence, it is possible to (look like) assign an int literal to a float (but it is really a cast).

Henry
 
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Got it now
Thanks a lot
 
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But, if you try to assign a *floating point value* to the float variable without using "f", it will give you the compilation error as you expected.



The output is :



Does that help?

Thanks for the post Divya!
 
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10 is a int literal
10.0 is a double literal

Can I answer the last post by this??
 
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Originally posted by Yogvinder Singh Ghotra:
....Can I answer the last post by this??



Yes, very much!
 
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