<s>
In	O
the	O
C++	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
static_cast	O
is	O
an	O
operator	B-Language
that	O
performs	O
an	O
explicit	O
type	O
conversion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
static_castxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx1	O
operator	B-Language
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
operations	O
such	O
as	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
converting	O
a	O
pointer	O
of	O
a	O
base	B-Application
class	I-Application
to	O
a	O
pointer	O
of	O
a	O
non-virtual	B-Application
derived	I-Application
class	I-Application
(	O
downcasting	B-Application
)	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
converting	O
numeric	B-Algorithm
data	O
types	O
such	O
as	O
enums	B-Language
to	O
ints	O
or	O
floats	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
static_cast	O
from	O
a	O
pointer	O
to	O
a	O
class	O
B	O
to	O
a	O
pointer	O
to	O
a	O
derived	O
class	O
D	O
is	O
ill-formed	O
if	O
B	O
is	O
an	O
inaccessible	O
or	O
ambiguous	O
base	O
of	O
D	O
.	O
A	O
static_cast	O
from	O
a	O
pointer	O
of	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
base	I-Application
class	I-Application
(	O
or	O
a	O
base	B-Application
class	I-Application
of	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
base	I-Application
class	I-Application
)	O
to	O
a	O
pointer	O
of	O
a	O
derived	O
class	O
is	O
ill-formed	O
.	O
</s>
