What is numeric promotion?

Hi,

The numeric promotion in java used to convert the smaller number type to larger numeric types. In numerical promotion in java program we converting the byte, char, and short values into int values. We also convert the int values in to long values, if necessary. The long and float values are converted to double values, as per the need.

For more details: http://www.roseindia.net/java/jdk7/UnderscoresinNumericLiterals.shtml

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