Why getting compile error "cannot convert from ing to byte " in this code ? :-

Question

byte a = 5;
byte b = 5;
byte c = a+b;

Answer 1

byte a = 5;
byte b = 5;
byte c = (byte )(a+b);
System.out.println(c);

while adding 2 byte variable java promotes them to int...
a+b is a int type though...a,b are individually byte variable..
you need to convert the sum again into byte...
like the third line...

Answer 2

Instead of "byte" you need to put "int"

Answer 3

You need specifically typecast it to byte
In Java, every non floating number is by default of int type.
So when you added two byte variables (a+b) then it became a int value.

To overcome it, just typecast it like this

byte c = (byte)(a+b);