Converting Between Value Types and Reference Types
In your life as a developer, you’ll often need to convert one data type into another in different types of situations. For example, you might need to convert a value type into another type or just convert an instance of type Object into a strongly typed object. In this section, you’ll learn how to convert between data types and about conversion operators, beginning with basic but important concepts, such as implicit conversions, boxing, and unboxing.
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