How do I cast a parent class as the child class

Question

It\'s been a while since I have had to write C++ code and I\'m feeling kind of stupid. I\'ve written code that is similar to, but is not exactly, the code b

Answer 1

I think the problem isn't with how your trying to do the cast, but with why you want to cast in the first place. The code makes no sense -- even if it was syntaxically valid. You;re trying to cast a "fruit" into an "apple" in a context where it's easy to prove that you don't actually have an apple. Dynamic casts and similar are only useful when you have a pointer to a "fruit" that you have reasons to thing is also an "apple".

Answer 2

Refer to the code snippet below:

Child* c = dynamic_cast<Child*>(parentObject);

where, parentObject is of type Parent*

Ensure, that the "parentObject" is actually of "Child" type, otherwise undefined-behavior.

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