Math.Pow gives “Cannot implicitly convert type 'double' to 'float' ” error

Question

In this program I am trying to create a simple calculator. However, I can\'t seem to find a way to overcome the aforementioned error when reaching the Math.Pow line

Answer 1

You can try explicitly casting the results of Math.Pow to float as such:

power = (float) Math.Pow(x, 2);

You can also use float's TryParse method to try and parse the result of Math.Pow:

float.TryParse(Math.Pow(x, 2).ToString(), out power);

Also, you might want to change the format string parameter numbers on the last two Console.WriteLine method calls. They should read like this:

Console.WriteLine(" {0} squared results in {1}",x, power);
Console.WriteLine(" Square root of {0} is: {1}", x, sqrt);