Using Int32.Parse

Question

Why is there a need to convert a value (for example short) to string, and then to Int32. Why can it not be converted from short to Int 32?

Accepted Answer

There is no need to even to any sort of explicit conversion:

```
short s = 23;
int k = s;
```

Also, any numeric literals (without any sort of suffix) are int32s anyway.

-- Edit

The reason an explicit cast isn't required is because a `short` is always smaller than an `int`, thus a `short` will always completely fit into the size of an `int`, so no potential loss of data.

Using Int32.Parse

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