What does short(expression) mean?

Question

What is the difference between the following expressions?

 (short)(l_angle/l_msb * dividend)

and

 short(l_angle/l_msb * divident)

I guess the first one is type casting to short type but what does the second expression do? If it is also typecasting, how is it different from the first?

No difference. Both mean the same thing in C++. The former is also valid C. — Igor Tandetnik, Oct 07 '13 at 03:50
Thanks Grijesh for editing. I tried but couldn't get it to work. — Majid Khan, Oct 07 '13 at 03:52

Wagner Patriota · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-07T04:05:22.983

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It's the same thing... There's no difference.

C style cast: (int)X
C++ style cast: static_cast<int>(X)
Constructor syntax cast: int(X)

edited Oct 07 '13 at 04:05

answered Oct 07 '13 at 03:52

Wagner Patriota

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There is not short(var) in C. Am i right? – Majid Khan Oct 07 '13 at 03:59
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No, it doesn't exist in C. Only in C++. – Wagner Patriota Oct 07 '13 at 04:04

What does short(expression) mean?

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