Re: is it ok to cast variables? simple function using std::pow
On 7 Jun., 03:58, aaragon <alejandro.ara...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I wrote a very simple function to try to understand the casting of
variables in C++. The function is
function foo()
{
std::vector<int> test(100);
randomize(test);
unsigned long x = 0;
for(int i=0; i<test.size(); i++)
x += (unsigned long)(allele(i)*std::pow((double)k,
(double)i));
}
The function randomize just creates random values inside the vector.
This was the only way I made it to work without having any warnings
from the compiler. Since the std::pow takes two doubles as parameters,
I needed to cast the integer values into doubles. Also, I needed to
cast those double results into an unsigned long integer. I don't
really like using casting (I have a bad feeling every time I use it)
but I couldn't find a better way to do this. Does anyone have a better
way to do it? Is there anything wrong with casting variables into
different types?
Thank you all.
It is difficult to give a definite reply when I can't see your code
(allele is undefined), but if the problem is a warning when converting
from double to unsigned long, I'd put in a static_cast. The casts to
double are not needed.
I would never allow a C-style cast to creep into my code, so get rid
of those.
/Peter
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