Hi. How do I typecast `Byte` to `Int`. `FF` should...

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[tekjar]

Hi. How do I typecast Byte to Int. FF should result to value 255

[Pavlo Liapota]

.toInt()

[tekjar]

toInt() converts FF to -1

[jstuyts-squins]

x.toInt() and 0xFF

[jstuyts-squins]

Conversion to a larger integer performs sign extension. The and removes the extended sign

[tekjar]

Thanks 🙂

[karelpeeters]

If you use this often you can write an extension funtion for it: Byte.toPositiveInt() = this.toInt() and 0xFF.