static cast

static_cast (object);

The type parameter must be a data type to which object can be converted via a known method, whether it be a builtin or a cast. The type can be a reference or an enumerator.

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The static_cast<> operator can be used for operations such as:

• converting a pointer of a base class to a pointer of a non-virtual derived class (downcasting);
• converting numeric data types such as enums to ints or floats.

Although static_cast conversions are checked at compile time to prevent obvious incompatibilities, no run-time type checking is performed that would prevent a cast between incompatible data types, such as pointers. A static_cast from a pointer to a class B to a pointer to a derived class D is ill-formed if B is an inaccessible or ambiguous base of D. A static_cast from a pointer of a virtual base class (or a base class of a virtual base class) to a pointer of a derived class is ill-formed.

• dynamic cast
• reinterpret_cast
• const_cast

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