cannot get a character, I need one line

[steven]

this is what I need.
I need to enter a number and return it as a character.
this is what I have
#include <stdio.h>

int main(){
char a;

printf("Please enter a number from 0 to 256");
scanf("%c", &a);
printf("The ASCII value is %c", a);

return 0;
}
what am i doing wrong

[no-one]

you should take the input as an int not a char.

[ZMerlin]

This will do it for you.

#include <stdio.h>

void main()
{
int i;

printf("Enter the number : ");
scanf("%d", &i);
printf("The ASCII for that number is %c\n", (char) i);
}


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