Thread: convert from an integer to an unsigned char

would any of you know the method call to convert an integer to an unsigned char??

I've been looking forever and I cant seem to find it.

Thanks everyone

Code:

int myInt;
unsigned char myChar;
myChar = (unsigned char)myInt;

edit: Characters and integers are very interchangeable without the need for casting.

The only thing you have to watch for is the possible lost of information due to casting. if you cast an int to a char, and the value is too big (>= 256) then you'll lose information.

Originally Posted by sean_mackrory

Code:

int myInt;
unsigned char myChar;
myChar = (unsigned char)myInt;

edit: Characters and integers are very interchangeable without the need for casting.

One question about this.

Explicit casting isn't really neccessary here because; it's automatically, implicitly casted by the compiler just right before assignment to myChar. So, using the above example, The same results can be achieved like so:

int myInt;
unsigned char myChar;
myChar = myInt; // implicit cast done automatically

Correct?

Correct. But it is still good practice to cast just in case the compiler doesn't