[c++] getting the ASCII value of a char

[Haas]

Hello folks,

I just started a C++ course. An exercise is to give the ASCII value of
a character read from keyboard. I place the input from the keyboard in
a char-variable. How can i get the ASCII value of this char? Is there
a built-in function? Or should i check the full table?

Thanks.
Jasper

[wittempj]

This is it...
-#include <iostream>
-
-int main()
-{
- char a;
- std::cin >> a;
- std::cout << a << " " << int(a) << std::endl;-

- return 0;
-}

[Rolf Magnus]

Haas wrote:

Hello folks,

I just started a C++ course. An exercise is to give the ASCII value of
a character read from keyboard.
I assume your implementation uses ASCII or something based on that as a
character set? C++ doesn't define the character set to be used.
I place the input from the keyboard in a char-variable. How can i get the
ASCII value of this char?
It already has that value. char is nothing else than a small integer.
Is there a built-in function?
No such function needed.
Or should i check the full table?

Not needed if your system uses an ASCII character set.

[Ioannis Vranos]

Haas wrote:

Hello folks,

I just started a C++ course. An exercise is to give the ASCII value of
a character read from keyboard. I place the input from the keyboard in
a char-variable. How can i get the ASCII value of this char? Is there
a built-in function? Or should i check the full table?

char c;

int i= c;

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[Ioannis Vranos]

char c= 'a';

int i= c;
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[Jonathan Arnold]

Ioannis Vranos wrote:

char c= 'a';

int i= c;

You don't need to do this, unless there is an overwhelming
desire to have the value as a signed int. char is merely
a (usually) smaller int.

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[Ioannis Vranos]

Jonathan Arnold wrote:

char c= 'a';

int i= c;

You don't need to do this, unless there is an overwhelming
desire to have the value as a signed int. char is merely
a (usually) smaller int.

This is a nice way with which a newcomer in C++ can "get the ASCII value of a character".
I think it is better than be told to cast the char to int when passed to cout.

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