How to cast Int to BigInt in Scala

Question

I have Int

val y = 10

I want to cast to BigInt

y.toBigInt

it show error

<console>:26: error: value toBigInt is not a member of Int
       y.toBigInt

How can I cast Int to BigInt ?

why not val d :BigInt = 10

Amit Prasad
– Amit Prasad

2018-12-07 08:46:27 +00:00
Commented Dec 7, 2018 at 8:46 — Amit Prasad
– Amit Prasad, Commented Dec 7, 2018 at 8:46

talex · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-07 08:46:35Z

8

Here is example:

val i: Int = 1
val bigInt = BigInt(i)

answered Dec 7, 2018 at 8:46

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Tim · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-07 08:47:45Z

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All the obvious methods work. You can assign an Int to a BigInt, you can pass an Int to a function that takes BigInt, and you can just use BigInt(y).

answered Dec 7, 2018 at 8:47

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