# Casting int to LPCWSTR (C++)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/casting-int-to-lpcwstr-c/221144>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [April 1, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/casting-int-to-lpcwstr-c/221144 "2007-04-01T22:38:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 1, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/casting-int-to-lpcwstr-c/221144/1 "2007-04-01T22:38:19Z")

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If I have:

int a = 10;  
(LPCWSTR)a

I get nothing. How do I properly convert the types. The reason is that I want to display an integer in a messagebox.