Assuming you want to simply lift the 32bits from one type and dump them as-is into the other type:
uint asUint = unchecked((uint)myInt);
int asInt = unchecked((int)myUint);
The destination type will blindly pick the 32 bits and reinterpret them.
Conversely if you're more interested in keeping the decimal/numerical values within the range of the destination type itself:
uint asUint = checked((uint)myInt);
int asInt = checked((int)myUint);
In this case, you'll get overflow exceptions if:
casting a negative int (eg: -1) to an uint
casting a positive uint between 2,147,483,648 and 4,294,967,295 to an int
In our case, we wanted the unchecked solution to preserve the 32bits as-is, so here are some examples:
Examples
int => uint
int....: 0000000000 (00-00-00-00)
asUint.: 0000000000 (00-00-00-00)
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int....: 0000000001 (01-00-00-00)
asUint.: 0000000001 (01-00-00-00)
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int....: -0000000001 (FF-FF-FF-FF)
asUint.: 4294967295 (FF-FF-FF-FF)
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int....: 2147483647 (FF-FF-FF-7F)
asUint.: 2147483647 (FF-FF-FF-7F)
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int....: -2147483648 (00-00-00-80)
asUint.: 2147483648 (00-00-00-80)
uint => int
uint...: 0000000000 (00-00-00-00)
asInt..: 0000000000 (00-00-00-00)
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uint...: 0000000001 (01-00-00-00)
asInt..: 0000000001 (01-00-00-00)
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uint...: 2147483647 (FF-FF-FF-7F)
asInt..: 2147483647 (FF-FF-FF-7F)
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uint...: 4294967295 (FF-FF-FF-FF)
asInt..: -0000000001 (FF-FF-FF-FF)
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Code
int[] testInts = { 0, 1, -1, int.MaxValue, int.MinValue };
uint[] testUints = { uint.MinValue, 1, uint.MaxValue / 2, uint.MaxValue };
foreach (var Int in testInts)
{
uint asUint = unchecked((uint)Int);
Console.WriteLine("int....: {0:D10} ({1})", Int, BitConverter.ToString(BitConverter.GetBytes(Int)));
Console.WriteLine("asUint.: {0:D10} ({1})", asUint, BitConverter.ToString(BitConverter.GetBytes(asUint)));
Console.WriteLine(new string('-',30));
}
Console.WriteLine(new string('=', 30));
foreach (var Uint in testUints)
{
int asInt = unchecked((int)Uint);
Console.WriteLine("uint...: {0:D10} ({1})", Uint, BitConverter.ToString(BitConverter.GetBytes(Uint)));
Console.WriteLine("asInt..: {0:D10} ({1})", asInt, BitConverter.ToString(BitConverter.GetBytes(asInt)));
Console.WriteLine(new string('-', 30));
}