Hey Reader, Today, I want to show you something important about casting objects in C#. We’ll talk about the difference between casting a single object and a list of objects. What’s the Problem?Imagine you have a game with characters. We have a Single Object CastingWe have a method to get a single character by its ID. Here’s how it looks: When we run this method, it works because C# knows that List of Objects CastingNow, let’s get a list of characters: Here’s the problem: You can't return a How to Fix ItTo fix this, we use LINQ’s This code goes through each Summary
See it in ActionCheck out the full tutorial on YouTube to see this in action 👇 ​ConclusionI hope this helps you understand how to cast objects in C#. Remember, single objects can be cast implicitly, but lists need explicit casting. Happy coding! Take care, Patrick PS: Need help understanding .NET & Blazor? There are two ways I can help you with:
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