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title: "New type casting syntax for Flow: 'as'"
short-title: "New type casting syntax for Flow"
authors: [george-zahariev]
medium-link: "https://medium.com/flow-type/new-type-casting-syntax-for-flow-as-3ef41567ff3e"
---

:::info[Historical]
This post announced the `as` type casting syntax when it was introduced. For current syntax and behavior, see the [Type Casting](/en/docs/types/casting) documentation.
:::

To make it easier for new users to get started with Flow, we’re updating our type casting syntax to use 'as'.

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