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  <refentry id="function.variant-cast">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>variant_cast</refname>
    <refpurpose>
     Convert a variant into a new variant object of another type
    </refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
    <methodsynopsis>
     <type>object</type><methodname>variant_cast</methodname>
     <methodparam><type>object</type><parameter>variant</parameter></methodparam>
     <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>type</parameter></methodparam>
    </methodsynopsis>

    <para>
     This function makes a copy of <parameter>variant</parameter> and then
     performs a variant cast operation to force the copy to have the type
     given by <parameter>type</parameter>.  <parameter>type</parameter> should
     be one of the <constant>VT_XXX</constant> constants.
    </para>

    <para>
     This function wraps VariantChangeType() in the COM library; consult MSDN
     for more information.
    </para>

    <para>
     See also <function>variant_set_type</function>.
    </para>

   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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