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Boxing and unboxing Integer
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Option Strict On
Imports System
Public Class UnboxingTest
Public Shared Sub Main( )
Dim myIntegerVariable As Integer = 123
' Boxing
Dim myObjectVariable As Object = myIntegerVariable
Console.WriteLine("myObjectVariable: {0}",myObjectVariable.ToString( ))
' unboxing (must be explicit)
Dim anotherIntegerVariable As Integer = DirectCast(myObjectVariable, Integer)
Console.WriteLine("anotherIntegerVariable: {0}",anotherIntegerVariable)
End Sub
End Class
myObjectVariable: 123
anotherIntegerVariable: 123
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