VB.Net Tutorial/Data Type/Boxing unboxing
Boxing and unboxing Integer
<source lang="vbnet">Option Strict On
Imports System Public Class UnboxingTest Public Shared Sub Main( ) Dim myIntegerVariable As Integer = 123 " Boxing Dim myObjectVariable As Object = myIntegerVariable Console.WriteLine("myObjectVariable: {0}",myObjectVariable.ToString( )) " unboxing (must be explicit) Dim anotherIntegerVariable As Integer = DirectCast(myObjectVariable, Integer) Console.WriteLine("anotherIntegerVariable: {0}",anotherIntegerVariable) End Sub End Class</source>
myObjectVariable: 123 anotherIntegerVariable: 123