C Type Casting

Type Casting in C is used to convert a variable from one data type to another data type, and after type casting compiler treats the variable as of the new data type.

Syntax:
(type_name) expression

Without Type Casting

Example:
#include <stdio.h>
void main ()
{
    int a;
    a = 15/6;
    printf("%d",a);
}
Program Output:
In the above C program, 15/6 alone will produce integer value as 2.

c-before-type-casting

After Type Casting

#include <stdio.h>
void main ()
{
    float a;
    a = (float) 15/6;
    printf("%f",a);
}
Program Output:
After type cast is done before division to retain float value 2.500000.

c-after-type-casting

It's best practice to convert lower data type to higher data type to avoid data loss.