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BigInteger Explicit Conversion (BigInteger to UInt16)

Defines an explicit conversion of a BigInteger object to an unsigned 16-bit integer value.

This API is not CLS-compliant. The CLS-compliant alternative is .

Namespace:  System.Numerics
Assembly:  System.Numerics (in System.Numerics.dll)

static explicit operator unsigned short (
	BigInteger value
)

Parameters

value
Type: System.Numerics::BigInteger
The value to convert to an unsigned 16-bit integer.

Return Value

Type: System::UInt16
An object that contains the value of the value parameter

ExceptionCondition
OverflowException

value is less than UInt16::MinValue.

-or-

value is greater than UInt16::MaxValue.

The overloads of the Explicit(Decimal to BigInteger) 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 CUShort 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 UInt16 data type. There is no loss of precision in the resulting UInt16 value if the conversion is successful.

The following example illustrates the conversion of BigInteger values to UInt16 values. It also handles an OverflowException that is thrown because the BigInteger value is outside the range of the UInt16 data type.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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