can anybody tell me how to convert int value to short since normal type-casting would return diff value (im not familiar with bit-shift, etc.)

James wrote:
> can anybody tell me how to convert int value to short since normal type-casting would return diff value (im not familiar with bit-shift, etc.)

Assuming the int can fit in a short (that is, it is between -32768 and 32767, inclusive) just use cast(short). Otherwise... well, that's for you to figure out depending on the needs of your application.

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 4:17 AM, James <james@gmail.com> wrote:
> can anybody tell me how to convert int value to short since normal type-casting would return diff value (im not familiar with bit-shift, etc.)
>

It's... it's called the pigeonhole principle.  You have too many things to put into too few slots.  A short can only hold one of 65,536 distinct values, whereas an int can hold over 4 billion.  You just can't put 4 billion things into 65,536 slots.  So yes, for all but numbers in the range that a short can hold, casting will give you a different value.