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title: Type casting and inference title: Type Casting and Inference
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# Type casting and inference # Type Casting and Inference
Nimrod is a statically typed language. As such, each variable has a type associated with it. As seen in the previous example these types are inferred in the `const`, `let` and `var` declarations by the compiler. Nimrod is a statically typed language. As such, each variable has a type associated with it. As seen in the previous example these types are inferred in the `const`, `let` and `var` declarations by the compiler.
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typeinference.nim(6, 4) Error: type mismatch: got (string) but expected 'int' typeinference.nim(6, 4) Error: type mismatch: got (string) but expected 'int'
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You may optionally specify the type after a colon (`:`). In some cases the compiler will expect you to explicitly cast types though. This can be done in two ways. One is to use "type conversion", this is the safe method, the compiler will ensure that it is safe to convert to that type. The other is to use the `cast` keyword, this is the unsafe method and should only be used when working with hardware or interfacing with C. You may optionally specify the type after a colon (`:`). In some cases the compiler will expect you to explicitly cast types, for which two ways are available:
- type conversion, whose safety checked by the compiler
- the `cast` keyword, which is unsafe and should be used only where you know what you are doing, such as in interfacing with C
```nimrod ```nimrod
var x: int = int(1 / 3) # Type conversion. `/` returns a Float. The `: int` is superfluous. var x = int(1.0 / 3) # type conversion
var y = "Foobar" var y = "Foobar"
proc ffi(foo: ptr array[6, char]) = echo repr(foo) proc ffi(foo: ptr array[6, char]) = echo repr(foo)