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WHY would you cast a float to an int?...
Thank you both. I think Globos hit it correctly...the book I use teaches them casting WAY before they ever learn about objects...so the practical application for it is 3 chapters ahead of where they currently are! Thanks alot! -
WHY would you cast a float to an int?...
I teach beginning Java at a tech school. I understand what casting is - converting a higher data type to a lower data type...my question is practical application...What would be a situation in which you would WANT to lose the decimal places in a float & convert it to an int?, etc. In your...
