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How does this typecasting work?

Consider this code in Swift: print(23 / 10) var a: Float = 23 / 10 print(a) 23 / 10 evaluates to 2. But then what happens in the 2nd line? I had thought that the integer result '2' will be converted to a Float. It seems not. Why?

23rd Jul 2021, 10:57 AM
Calvin Thomas
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Looks like output is the same what you thought đŸ€” https://code.sololearn.com/cl88WFfq2zUd/?ref=app
23rd Jul 2021, 11:31 AM
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Because, Swift is a type safe language, meaning that it supports clarity when specifying value types for code. When part of your code expects a float, you can't pass it an int by mistake. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_safety
23rd Jul 2021, 12:08 PM
Simba
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NotAPythonNinja Or is it that the compiler type-casts 23 to 23.0? Thank you.
23rd Jul 2021, 12:08 PM
Calvin Thomas
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Simba So I assume that '23 / 10' is converted to '23.0 / 10'?. This is contradictory to what C does. I wonder how the compiler does this. P.S. Conclusion: The compiler converts every integer into a Float.
23rd Jul 2021, 2:31 PM
Calvin Thomas
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Simba (23 / 10) evaluates to '2'. Then how does the second print statement print 2.3?
23rd Jul 2021, 11:37 AM
Calvin Thomas
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