/* 范例：18-9 */
#include <iostream.h>
class Base
{
  public:
    virtual void show(){}	/* 要做向下轉型的動作，在父類中至少要含有一個虛擬
                          函數 */
};
class Derive: public Base{};
void main()
{
   Base *ptr1 = new Derive;
   Base *ptr2 = new Base;
   Derive *ptr3;

   ptr3 = dynamic_cast<Derive*>(ptr1);
   if (ptr3)
   {
     cout << "ptr1 => ptr3 success!\n";
     delete ptr3;
   }
   else
     cout << "ptr1 => ptr3 failure!\n";

   ptr3 = dynamic_cast<Derive*>(ptr2);
   if (ptr3)
   {
     cout << "ptr2 => ptr3 success!\n";
     delete ptr3;
   }
   else
     cout << "ptr2 => ptr3 failure!\n";

   getchar();
}

程序執行結果：
ptr1 => ptr3 success!
ptr2 => ptr3 failure!