What's the point of “As” keyword in C#

Question

From the docs:

The as operator is like a cast except that it yields null on conversion failure instead of raising an exception. More formally, an exp

Answer 1

Let me give you real world scenarios of where you would use both.

public class Foo
{
  private int m_Member;

  public override bool Equals(object obj)
  {
    // We use 'as' because we are not certain of the type.
    var that = obj as Foo;
    if (that != null)
    {
      return this.m_Member == that.m_Member;
    }
    return false;   
  }
}

And...

public class Program
{
  public static void Main()
  {
    var form = new Form();
    form.Load += Form_Load;
    Application.Run(form);
  }

  private static void Form_Load(object sender, EventArgs args)
  {
    // We use an explicit cast here because we are certain of the type
    // and we want an exception to be thrown if someone attempts to use
    // this method in context where sender is not a Form.
    var form = (Form)sender;

  }
}