Hi to everybody. Lastweek i had taken an interview on c#.
They ask what is boxing & unboxing, Masking.Please tell the
answer and it is useful for me.

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Hi to everybody. Lastweek i had taken an interview on c#. They ask what is boxing & unboxing, M..

Answer / saubhagya

Boxing:converting from value types to reference type is
known as boxing.
Unboxing:Converting from reference types to value type is
known as unboxing.

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Hi to everybody. Lastweek i had taken an interview on c#. They ask what is boxing & unboxing, M..

Answer / mr. d

class Test
{
static void Main()
{
int i = 1;
object o = i; // boxing
int j = (int) o; // unboxing
}
}

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Hi to everybody. Lastweek i had taken an interview on c#. They ask what is boxing & unboxing, M..

Answer / swaminathan

Masking is the process of Changing BITS in a BYTE

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Hi to everybody. Lastweek i had taken an interview on c#. They ask what is boxing & unboxing, M..

Answer / chandu

Boxing:converting from value types to reference type is
known as boxing.
Unboxing:Converting from reference types to value type is
known as unboxing.

boxing ex: int i=1;
obj o=i;

unboxing ex: int i=1;
obj o=i;
int j=int o;

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Hi to everybody. Lastweek i had taken an interview on c#. They ask what is boxing & unboxing, M..

Answer / sdfasd

Boxing:converting the value type into reference type is called as boxing
during boxing typecasting can be done implicitly.
during boxing the values are copied from method stack to managed heap.
Unboxing:
converting the reference type into value type is called as unboxing
during unboxing typecasting can be done explicitly.
during unboxing the values are copied from managed heap to methodstack.

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Hi to everybody. Lastweek i had taken an interview on c#. They ask what is boxing & unboxing, M..

Answer / sravanthi

BOXING:We can translate value type to reference type.
UN BOXING:We can translate reference type to value type.

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Hi to everybody. Lastweek i had taken an interview on c#. They ask what is boxing & unboxing, M..

Answer / raj

Boxing: Implicitly converting value type to object type

Eg: int i=1;
object obj=i;

UnBoxing:Explicitly Converting object type to value type

Eg: int j=(int) obj;

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Hi to everybody. Lastweek i had taken an interview on c#. They ask what is boxing & unboxing, M..

Answer / kishore

Boxing : The process of converting value type to reference
type is konwn as boxing

Unboxing: The process of converting Reference type to value
type is known as Unboxing

Masking: Its is the process of changing bits in a byte.

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