In this function to get it to add the value at *i correctly I have to negate char 0. This will probably seem dumb but why do I have to do this for it to work properly?
Code:int sum_digit(char array[200], int *digCount, int *i) { if (array[(*i)] >= '0' && array[(*i)] <= '9'){ (*digCount)+= (int)array[*i]-'0'; return *digCount;} }
You don't "negate char 0". You subtract the value '0' (which is 48 in ASCII computers) from whatever is in the array.
All characters, in C, have a numeric value (like 48 or 97 or 10 ...).
The Standard mandates that the digits have sequential numbers. This means that the character '1' has a value that is 1 higher than the value of '0', the character '2' is 2 higher than the value of '0', ...
By taking any character whatsoever, your if condition limits it to one of '0', '1', ..., '9'.
If you take the value of '0' from '0' (even if your computer is not an ASCII based computer) you get the value 0; if you take the value '0' from '1' you get 1, ..., ...
To sum up: subtracting '0' (value of a character) from a digit yields the numeric value of the digit ('8' - '0' yields 8).
Yes but '8' = 8 which is why I guess my understanding is lacking, I understand that C has ascii values for chars and numbers.
No. '8' has a value that depends on the character set used by the implementation. On ASCII based implementations that value is 56; on EBCDIC based implementations that value is 248.Originally Posted by Sorinx
'8' - '0', in all implementations is the value 8.
'8' == 56 in the ASCII system
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