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VB.Net » Language Basics » Boxing UnBoxing Screenshots  Boxing and unboxing demo Imports System Public Class MainClass          Shared Sub Main()          Dim myIntegerVariable As Integer = 123          ' boxing          Dim myObjectVariable As Object = myIntegerVariable          Console.WriteLine("myObjectVariable: {0}", _                myObjectVariable.ToString(  ))          ' unboxing (must be explicit)          Dim anotherIntegerVariable As Integer = _               DirectCast(myObjectVariable, Integer)          Console.WriteLine("anotherIntegerVariable: {0}", _               anotherIntegerVariable)     End Sub End Class                     Related examples in the same category