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型変換 (katahenkan) Japanese meaning: type conversion | Kotomora

型かた変へん換かん

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Meanings

1

type conversion; type casting

Computing term for converting a value from one data type to another, e.g., integer to string.

整せい数すうを文も字じ列れつに型かた変へん換かんする必

ひつ

要よう

が

ある

。

I need to convert the integer to a string.

この関かん数すうは暗あん黙もくの型かた変へん換かんを行おこなう。

This function performs implicit type conversion.

Kanji

型mould, type, model
変unusual, change, strange
換interchange, period, change

Related words

キャスト
キャスト is a more specific term for explicit type casting in programming, often used as a verb (キャストする), while 型変換 is a broader noun for type conversion in general.

Word family

型かた変へん換かん演えん算ざん子し
type conversion operator

Built from

型かた+変へん換かん

Etymology

Compound of 型 (type, pattern) and 変換 (conversion, change). A straightforward technical term.