char conversion

Is there anyway of converting a char to it's ascii value other than specifiy that a=97, b=98 etc?

char mychar = 'a';
int myvalue = static_cast<int>(mychar);

or

int myvalue = static_cast<int>('a');

Use static_cast<int>(yourChar).

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char myChar = 'a';
int numRep = static_cast<int>(myChar);
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Kuphryn

thanx for that :) Just something else...what if it were a string. Would I be able to do the same or would I need to read each char and then convert it?

Sorry....do I need a specific .h file to use static_cast??

Use the same approach.

Kuphryn

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Originally posted by Unregistered
Sorry....do I need a specific .h file to use static_cast??

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Nope.
If it's not compiling due to an identifier error, check your project. If you are under C, casts are done differently.

(type) expression;

instead of

static_cast<type>(expression)

so,

(int) 'a'; //for C
static_cast<int>('a'); //for C++