How to manipulate ascii value of letters?

How to manipulate ascii value of letters?
For example, if the ascii value of a and b is 0 and 1, add 1 to the ascii value of a, then the character is changed from a to b.
I know how to do it with array but it is clumsy.
Is there any pre-defined function of certain library to get the ascii value of letters?I searched it and couldn't find any.
Thanks in advance!

Could you elaborate on what you mean by "manipulate ascii value of letters"?

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Originally Posted by Dave_Sinkula

Could you elaborate on what you mean by "manipulate ascii value of letters"?

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For example, if the ascii value of a and b is 0 and 1, add 1 to the ascii value of a, then the character is changed from a to b.
I know how to do it with array but it is clumsy.
Is there any pre-defined function of certain library to get the ascii value of letters?I searched it and couldn't find any.

A character is already represented by its ASCII value. The letter 'a' is just the number 65. For example, run the following program on your computer:

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#include <iostream>
int main() {
  int x = 'a';
  std::cout << x << std::endl;
  return 0;
}

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What do you see? Replace 'a' with 'a'+1 or 'c' or '1' * 2 and see what you get.

'a' is (loosely speaking) just cute syntax for the number 65. The reason you use 'a' is because it's more readable than writing 65 in the middle of code.

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Originally Posted by Rashakil Fol

A character is already represented by its ASCII value. The letter 'a' is just the number 65. For example, run the following program on your computer:

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#include <iostream>
int main() {
  int x = 'a';
  std::cout << x << std::endl;
  return 0;
}

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What do you see? Replace 'a' with 'a'+1 or 'c' or '1' * 2 and see what you get.

'a' is (loosely speaking) just cute syntax for the number 65. The reason you use 'a' is because it's more readable than writing 65 in the middle of code.

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That's exactly what I want! Thank you so much!

How about generating letters from ascii values?
This is the sample input & output

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Enter a word : abc
Enter a number: 1
The ciphered word: bcd

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What's wrong with my code?It can't get what I want.

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
void main()
{
       
        string input;
        int asc[20];
        char letter[20];

        cout<<"Enter a word : ";
        cin>>input;
        input=letter;
        for (int a=0;a<input.length();a++)
        {
                asc[a]=letter[a];
        }

        cout<<"Enter a number:  ";
        int cip,c;
        cin>>cip;

        for (c=0;c<input.length();c++)
        {
                        asc[c]=asc[c]+cip;

                        if (asc[c]>25)
                        {
                                asc[c]=asc[c]-25;
                        }               
        }

        for (int b=0;b<input.length();b++)
        {
                letter[b]=asc[b];
        }
        cout<<"The ciphered word: "<<letter;
}

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        cin>>input;
        input=letter;

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Here the input was stored in "input". But in the next line you redeclare the "input" to be the same as undeclared "letter".Just don't use "letter" and operate solely on "input" and "asc". You should also change to this code:

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        for (int a=0;a<input.length();a++)
        {
                asc[a]=input[a];
        }

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Or better yet, use only the "input" variable and manipulate each char inside the variable.

FYI, a char is actually a number between 0 to 255 (unsigned) or -127 to 128 (signed). You could say that it's a shorter version of integer. So, I think if you wanted to operate on char, use char. Although if your char is 255 and you add them, it will loop back to 0+the adder (CMIIW, forgot this one).

Oops, I thought only letters have ascii values. Now it is going to be more complicated. Thank you!

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Oops, I thought only letters have ascii values. Now it is going to be more complicated. Thank you!

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Here's a link to an ASCII chart.

In general, its the context that tells the program if a number represents an ASCII character. If there's a 49 somewhere in memory, it might represent 49, or it might represent an ASCII '1'. It might represent something else, like a machine-code instruction or the binary state of something. (Or the binary states of 8 things.) You and/or your program know what the variable is used for. cout will check the type, and if 49 is stored in a type-char it will automatically display 1.