How do I convert from a char to an int?

If you want to get the ASCII value of a character, or just convert it into an int (say for writing to an OutputStream), you need to cast from a char to an int.

What's casting? Casting is when we explicitly convert from one primitve data type, or a class, to another. Here's a brief example.

public class char_to_int
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
char myChar = 'a';
int i = (int) myChar; // cast from a char to an int

System.out.println ("ASCII value - " + i);
}
}
In this example, we have a character ('a'), and we cast it to an integer. Printing this integer out will give us the ASCII value of 'a'.


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