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

Implicit can be taken as implied, but explicit means that you state it must be done yourself. Like with casts. Here is an implicit cast:

int implicit;
implicit = 7.5;

The value '7.5' will implicitly be cast as an int. This means the compiler does it for you.

Here is explicit:

int explicit;
explicit = (int)7.5;

Here you tell the compiler that you want it cast. You explicitly declare the conversion. Hope that helps. Source: http://cboard.cprogramming.com/cplusplus-programming/24371-implicit-explicit.html