Hello everyone
I am new to this forum and I just started out with C. I just shifted to C from VB and I think it is going to take some time getting used to.
Anyway my doubt is this. Does C have any in built functions to convert a char to its ascii code and store it in a int variable? If it does not have a function how can I get the ascii value?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>Does C have any in built functions to convert a char to its ascii code and store it in a int variable?
No, because C doesn't need such a function. char is just a small int anyway, so you can safely assign a char to an int:
Code:#include <stdio.h> int main ( void ) { char ch = 'a'; int i = ch; printf ( "%c\t%d\n", ch, i ); return 0; }
My best code is written with the delete key.
If you want to do math with characters, you don't need to copy them out to ints. For example:
Code:char ch = 'a'; char ch2 = ch + 5; printf("The ASCII value of %c is %d\n", ch, ch); printf("The ASCII value of %c is %d\n", ch2, ch2);
So that problem is sorted out, I seem to have run into another problem
I am trying to read the data from a file using fread but I keep getting 0 bytes read although there is data in my file.
This is what I get as outputCode:#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> void main() { FILE *fp; float a,b; char buffer[100],c; int i,bytesread; if ((fp=fopen("E:\\test.txt", "rb")) == NULL) { printf("Unable to open the file\n"); exit(1); } a = fseek(fp,0,SEEK_END); printf("The value of a is:%d\n",a); b = ftell(fp); printf("The value of b is:%f\n",b); bytesread = fread(buffer,sizeof(char),10,fp); printf("The total number of bytes read =%d\n",bytesread); }
The value of a is:0
The value of b is:5.000000
The total number of bytes read =0
I tried using the getc function and writing it into a buffer, that seems to work fine but for some reason fread is not working, anyone have any idea as to what is wrong with my prog.
Thanks
This is wrong. Read the FAQ.Code:void main()
What the hell is this supposed to do? Why are you using floating point numbers to store ftell and fseek return values, and then using %d to display it? In a word: Wrong.Code:printf("The value of a is:%d\n",a); b = ftell(fp); printf("The value of b is:%f\n",b);
Of course you're not going to get anything from fread! You've just fseeked to the end of the file!And where'd you get the number 10 from? Just pull it out of your ass?
Quzah.
Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.
fseek() returns an int, but you have declared a as a float. What you are doing here is moving the file pointer to the very end of the file, and fseek() returns zero to indicate the operation succeeded.Code:a = fseek(fp,0,SEEK_END);
ftell() returns a long, but you have declared b as a float.Code:b = ftell(fp);
You moved the file pointer to the end of the file with your earlier fseek() and there is nothing to read beyond the end (here there be dragons!). That is why you're reading zero bytes.Code:bytesread = fread(buffer,sizeof(char),10,fp);
Jason Deckard
Is it ok to have an array of different types? Can I do this?
Code:unsigned int DumpHex(unsigned int start_addr,unsigned int end_addr) { DWORD iBytesWritten; DWORD iBytesRead; unsigned char *ucArray; char ch[25]; unsigned int putin[15]; putin[0]='D'; putin[1]= ' '; putin[2]=start_addr; //hex number Ex. 0xFFFF putin[3]= ' '; putin[4]=end_addr; }
Last edited by NewGuy100; 08-15-2005 at 02:53 PM.
Yes, all of those values will be automatically typecasted to an unsigned int value.Originally Posted by NewGuy100
Ok thanks
