Thread: convert to integer...

Hi friends.
this is my code

Code:

#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>

int main()
{
        char buf[4]={'5','a','4','b'};
        int i;
        i=(int)buf;
        printf("%d\n",sizeof(int));
        printf("%d\n",sizeof(buf));
        printf("%c",buf[0]);
        printf("%c",buf[1]);
        printf("%c",buf[2]);
        printf("%c\n\n",buf[3]);
        printf("%d",i);
        return 0;

}

what i wanted to know is ...when there is an array of 4 charecters...can i take that to an integer..(where int is 4 bytes). say the array is '5' 'a' '4' 'b' and when i take this array to a single integer of 4 bytes i want the exact "5a4b" in the integer...is this possible anyway...just a thing struck my mind....