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nardove Full Member Offline Posts: 189 UK	Is it the same float(number) as (float)number? Sep 7th, 2009, 8:06am   Hi I gues Yes, but what are the implications of using one or the other? Cheers rS

PhiLho  YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 4190 Near Paris (France)	Re: Is it the same float(number) as (float)number? Reply #1 - Sep 7th, 2009, 9:54am   int i = 5; float f = (float) i; is probably faster than float f = float(i); (the former is made at compiler level, the latter is a function call). But you can do float() on a wider range of types: strings, arrays, etc. It is more flexible. And takes care of error handling, etc. Same for int().