C# can't calculate !

Question

Hello, why you can only calculate with int and can not use short or byte (in the right area). Par Example. when I calculate 1+1, the compiler says, it can only calculate with int! But when its so, why there are byte and shorts?

Seby007 · Answer

Your're Right! Thank yiou very much!

ramnujs · Answer

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alobiuc · Answer

Probably you get an error message like : "Cannot implicitly convert from int to byte...are you missing a cast?" or something like that (I'm not having VS in front of me right now). Try: byte a=10b; //or byte a=(byte)10; I think one of this should work.

Seby007 · Answer

Ok, here it the small code: using System; public class Calculate { public static void Main() { int a = 10; // when I use byte and not int, the error message comes! int b = 20; // when I use byte and not int, the error message comes! int c = a+b // when I use byte and not int, the error message comes! Console.WriteLine("Answer:"+c+" Correct?"); } } The Errormessage says, that the typ must implicied in int - why?! The correct message I retry can give today evening, because this programm is on another pc

Seby007 · Answer

Aha thanks for the quick answer! tomorrow I give you the code and error message (this is not on this pc). I know, that I have use 3 variables, byte a = 1, byte b = 1 and byte c = a + b ...

Mykonine · Answer

1 + 1 returns a number 2 of type int. You have to specify explicitly that the number you typed is a byte or short... (byte)(1+1) works. 1b + 1b might also work if the b suffix works like it does for doubles and floats.

sacresp · Answer

I doubt it says it says it can only calculate with int. What is the exact error message? I guess you have mixed two different datatypes and it gives a warning (or error if these's no implicit type cast defined)