truncation of numbers

From: adv (conn_adv_at_tomca.com)
Date: 05/07/04 

Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 08:52:11 GMT

short a;
int b;
...
a = b;

Will a always have the lower 16 bits of b?

_int64 c;
int d;
...
d = c;

Will d always have the lower 32 bits of c?

Thanks!