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<center><b><big><big>Convert From an AD Type to its Base Type</big></big></b></center>
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<b><big><a name="Syntax" id="Syntax">Syntax</a></big></b>

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<code><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>b</span></font></i><font color="blue"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>&#xA0;=&#xA0;Value(</span></font><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>x</span></font></i><font color="blue"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>)</span></font></code>



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<b><big><a name="Purpose" id="Purpose">Purpose</a></big></b>
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Converts from an AD type to the corresponding
<a href="glossary.xml#Base Type" target="_top"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>base&#xA0;type</span></a>
.

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<b><big><a name="x" id="x">x</a></big></b>
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The argument 
<code><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>x</span></font></i></code>
 has prototype

<code><font color="blue"><span style='white-space: nowrap'><br/>
&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;const&#xA0;AD&lt;</span></font><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>Base</span></font></i><font color="blue"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>&gt;&#xA0;&amp;</span></font><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>x</span></font></i><font color="blue"><span style='white-space: nowrap'><br/>
</span></font></code>
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<b><big><a name="b" id="b">b</a></big></b>
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The return value 
<code><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>b</span></font></i></code>
 has prototype

<code><font color="blue"><span style='white-space: nowrap'><br/>
&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;</span></font><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>Base</span></font></i><font color="blue"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>&#xA0;</span></font><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>b</span></font></i><font color="blue"><span style='white-space: nowrap'><br/>
</span></font></code>
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<b><big><a name="Operation Sequence" id="Operation Sequence">Operation Sequence</a></big></b>
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The result of this operation is not an 
<a href="glossary.xml#AD of Base" target="_top"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>AD&#xA0;of&#xA0;Base</span></a>
 object.
Thus it will not be recorded as part of an
AD of 
<code><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>Base</span></font></i></code>

<a href="glossary.xml#Operation.Sequence" target="_top"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>operation&#xA0;sequence</span></a>
.

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<b><big><a name="Restriction" id="Restriction">Restriction</a></big></b>
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If the argument 
<code><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>x</span></font></i></code>
 is a 
<a href="glossary.xml#Variable" target="_top"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>variable</span></a>
 its dependency information 
would not be included in the <code><font color="blue">Value</font></code> result (see above).
For this reason,
the argument 
<code><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>x</span></font></i></code>
 must be a <a href="glossary.xml#Parameter" target="_top"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>parameter</span></a>
; i.e.,
it cannot depend on the current
<a href="glossary.xml#Tape.Independent Variable" target="_top"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>independent&#xA0;variables</span></a>
.

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<b><big><a name="Example" id="Example">Example</a></big></b>

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The file
<a href="value.cpp.xml" target="_top"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>value.cpp</span></a>

contains an example and test of this operation.


<hr/>Input File: cppad/local/value.hpp

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