Date: Sat, 1 Mar 1997 23:20:41 -0500 (EST)
From: Michael Phelps <morphine AT hops DOT cs DOT jhu DOT edu>
To: rellwood <rellwood AT aludra DOT usc DOT edu>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: char to int
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On 1 Mar 1997, rellwood wrote:

> Is there a function I can use to convert a char to an int?  The closest
> thing I can find is atoi(), which actually converts a string.  Is there
> anything better?
> 
> -Richard
> 

Why do you want to do this?  In C and C++, a char can be automatically
converted into an int.  The resulting integer contains the ASCII code of
the character.  For instance,

int	sample = 'X'; /* sample == 88 on most systems */

Is this _really_ what you want to do?  It's perfectly legal, and will work
as advertised as long as you know what you're doing.


						---Michael Phelps
						   morphine AT cs DOT jhu DOT edu


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                   Morphine