Csharp/CSharp Tutorial/Data Type/int Box Unbox

Box int to object and unbox it back

<source lang="csharp">using System; class MainClass {

   public static void Main()
   {
       int v = 55;
       object o = v;        // box v into o
       Console.WriteLine("Value is: {0}", o);
       int v2 = (int) o;    // unbox back to an int
   }

}</source>

Value is: 55

Integer Autobox

<source lang="csharp">using System; class MainClass {

   public static void Main()
   {
       Console.WriteLine(5.ToString());
   }

}</source>

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