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2015-09-01, 21:32:22

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2015-09-02, 22:47:26

Idiom #79 Convert integer to floating point number

Declare floating point number y and initialize it with the value of integer x .

Idiom #79 Convert integer to floating point number

Declare floating point number y and initialize it with the value of integer x .

Imports 
import std.conv : to;
Code 
int x;
float y = to!float(x);
// or
float y = cast(float) x;
Comments bubble
the to function is safe and handles overflows while casting is faster and is unsafe.