diff --git a/rustbyexample/.gitignore b/rustbyexample/.gitignore
index 81a13c0..9ee95d2 100644
--- a/rustbyexample/.gitignore
+++ b/rustbyexample/.gitignore
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 /hello/*
 /primitives/*
 /variable_bindings/*
+/types/*
 
 !/custom_types/*.rs
 !/hello/*.rs
 !/primitives/*.rs
 !/variable_bindings/*.rs
+!/types/*.rs
diff --git a/rustbyexample/types/cast.rs b/rustbyexample/types/cast.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a112a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rustbyexample/types/cast.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#![allow(overflowing_literals)]
+
+fn main() {
+    let decimal = 65.4321_f32;
+    // let integer: u8 = decimal;
+
+    let integer = decimal as u8;
+    let character = integer as char;
+
+    // let character = decimal as char;
+
+    println!("Casting: {} -> {} -> {}", decimal, integer, character);
+
+    println!("1000 as u16 is: {}", 1000 as u16);
+
+    println!("1000 as u8 is: {}", 1000 as u8);
+
+    println!("  -1 as u8 is: {}", (-1i8) as u8);
+
+    println!("1000 mod 256 is: {}", 1000 % 256);
+
+    println!(" 128 as a i16 is: {}", 128 as i16);
+
+    println!(" 128 as a i8 is: {}", 128 as i8);
+
+    println!("1000 as a u8 is: {}", 1000 as u8);
+
+    println!(" 232 as a i8 is: {}", 232 as i8);
+
+    println!("300.0 as u8 is {}", 300.0_f32 as u8);
+
+    println!("-100.0 as u8 is {}", -100.0_f32 as u8);
+
+    println!("nan as u8 is {}", f32::NAN as u8);
+
+    unsafe {
+        println!(
+            "300.0 as u8 is {} (unchecked)",
+            300.0_f32.to_int_unchecked::<u8>()
+        );
+
+        println!(
+            "-100.0 as u8 is {} (unchecked)",
+            (-100.0_f32).to_int_unchecked::<u8>()
+        );
+
+        println!(
+            "nan as u8 is {} (unchecked)",
+            f32::NAN.to_int_unchecked::<u8>()
+        );
+    }
+}