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# reinterpret

## Description

Reinterpret type <span class='code'><a href="reinterpret.html#typeparam-U" class="code_type">U</a></span> as type <span class='code'><a href="reinterpret.html#typeparam-T" class="code_type">T</a></span>. <span class='code'><a href="reinterpret.html#typeparam-T" class="code_type">T</a></span> and <span class='code'><a href="reinterpret.html#typeparam-U" class="code_type">U</a></span>
can be any scalar, vector, matrix, struct or array types.




## Signature 

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<a href="reinterpret.html#typeparam-T" class="code_type">T</a> <a href="reinterpret.html">reinterpret</a>&lt;<a href="reinterpret.html#typeparam-T" class="code_type">T</a>, <a href="reinterpret.html#typeparam-U" class="code_type">U</a>&gt;(<a href="reinterpret.html#typeparam-U" class="code_type">U</a> <a href="reinterpret.html#decl-value" class="code_param">value</a>);

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## Generic Parameters

####  <a id="typeparam-T"></a>T
####  <a id="typeparam-U"></a>U

## Parameters

####  <a id="decl-value"></a>value  : [U](reinterpret.html#typeparam-U)