How to initialize 16 bit int in c#?

Question

I'm writing a datalog parser for a robot controller, and what's coming in from the data log is a number in the range of 0 - 65535 (which is a 16 bit unsigned integer if I'm not mistaken). I'm trying to convert that to a signed 16 bit integer to display to the user (since that was the actual datatype before the logger changed it).

Answer 1

Try using explicit casting.

Using unchecked here avoids a crash if [X] Check for Arithmetic Overflow is on:

    UInt16 x = 65535;
    Int16 y = unchecked((Int16)x);