explicit and implicit c#

Question

I\'m new to C# and learning new words. I find it difficult to understand what\'s the meaning of these two words when it comes to programming c#. I looked in the dictionary

Answer 1

In general

• Implicit: something is being done for you automatically.
• Explicit: you've written something in the source code to indicate what you want to happen.

For example:

int x = 10;
long y = x; // Implicit conversion from int to long
int z = (int) y; // Explicit conversion from long to int

Implicit and explicit are used quite a lot in different contexts, but the general meaning will always be along those lines.

Note that occasionally the two can come together. For instance:

int x = 10;
long y = (long) x; // Explicit use of implicit conversion!

(An explicit conversion is one which has to be stated explicitly; an implicit version is one which can be used implicitly, i.e. without the code having to state it.)