MATLAB Function Reference

cast

Cast variable to different data type

Syntax

• B = cast(A, newclass)
  

Description

B = cast(A, newclass) casts A to class newclass. A must be convertible to class newclass. newclass must be the name of one of the built in data types.

Examples

• a = int8(5);
  b = cast(a,'uint8');
  class(b)
  
  ans =
  
  uint8
  

See Also

class

case

cat

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