BigInteger Explicit Conversion (BigInteger to SByte)

The overloads of the Explicit method define the types to which or from which a BigInteger object can be converted. Language compilers do not perform this conversion automatically because it can involve data loss. Instead, they perform the conversion only if a casting operator (in C#) or a conversion function (such as CType or CSByte in Visual Basic) is used. Otherwise, they display a compiler error.

Because this operation defines a narrowing conversion, it can throw an OverflowException at run time if the BigInteger value is outside the range of the SByte data type. There is no loss of precision in the resulting SByte value if the conversion is successful.

The following example illustrates the conversion of BigInteger values to SByte values. It also handles an OverflowException that is thrown because the BigInteger value is outside the range of the SByte data type.

// BigInteger to SByte conversion.
BigInteger goodSByte = BigInteger.MinusOne;
BigInteger badSByte = -130;

sbyte sByteFromBigInteger;

// Successful conversion using cast operator. 
sByteFromBigInteger = (sbyte) goodSByte;
Console.WriteLine(sByteFromBigInteger);

// Handle conversion that should result in overflow. 
try
{
   sByteFromBigInteger = (sbyte) badSByte;
   Console.WriteLine(sByteFromBigInteger);
}
catch (OverflowException e)
{
   Console.WriteLine("Unable to convert {0}:\n   {1}", 
                     badSByte, e.Message);
}
Console.WriteLine();

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

Portable Class Library

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Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

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