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Decimal Implicit Conversion (SByte to Decimal)

Converts an 8-bit signed integer to a Decimal.

This API is not CLS-compliant. 

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

static implicit operator Decimal (
	signed char value
)

Parameters

value
Type: System::SByte
The 8-bit signed integer to convert.

Return Value

Type: System::Decimal
The converted 8-bit signed integer.

The following code example converts SByte values to Decimal numbers using the SByte to Decimal conversion. This conversion is implicit in C#, but requires the op_Implicit operator in Visual Basic and C++. Implicit conversions to Decimal use other methods in these languages.


// Example of the op_Implicit conversion from 8-bit char to Decimal.
using namespace System;
#define formatter "{0,14}{1,15}{2,10:X8}{3,9:X8}{4,9:X8}{5,9:X8}"

// Convert the char argument and display the Decimal value.
void DecimalFromSByte( char argument )
{
   Decimal decValue;
   array<Int32>^bits;

   // The compiler invokes a constructor in the Managed Extensions 
   // for C++ unless op_Implicit is explicitly called.
   decValue = argument;

   // Display the Decimal and its binary representation.
   bits = Decimal::GetBits( decValue );
   Console::WriteLine( formatter, argument, decValue, bits[ 3 ], bits[ 2 ], bits[ 1 ], bits[ 0 ] );
}

int main()
{
   Console::WriteLine( "This example of the op_Implicit conversion from "
   "8-bit char to Decimal \ngenerates the following output. "
   "It displays the Decimal value and its \nbinary "
   "representation.\n" );
   Console::WriteLine( formatter, "char argument", "Decimal value", "bits[3]", "bits[2]", "bits[1]", "bits[0]" );
   Console::WriteLine( formatter, "-------------", "-------------", "-------", "-------", "-------", "-------" );

   // Convert (signed) char and display the results.
   DecimalFromSByte( SByte::MinValue );
   DecimalFromSByte( SByte::MaxValue );
   DecimalFromSByte( 0x3F );
   DecimalFromSByte( 123 );
   DecimalFromSByte(  -100 );
}

/*
This example of the op_Implicit conversion from 8-bit char to Decimal
generates the following output. It displays the Decimal value and its
binary representation.

 char argument  Decimal value   bits[3]  bits[2]  bits[1]  bits[0]
 -------------  -------------   -------  -------  -------  -------
          -128           -128  80000000 00000000 00000000 00000080
           127            127  00000000 00000000 00000000 0000007F
            63             63  00000000 00000000 00000000 0000003F
           123            123  00000000 00000000 00000000 0000007B
          -100           -100  80000000 00000000 00000000 00000064
*/


.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, 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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