[SOLVED] Which function in C can return the integer ordinal of a character?

chinabenjamin66 · 12-17-2012, 12:05 AM

Hello friends

I am a beginner of C programing, I want to know Which function in C can return the integer ordinal of a character? and which function in C can return a charater with ordinal i; 0<=i<256?

I know ord()and chr() in python can do this, but don't know which function in C?

Can anyone give any clue?

Best Regards.

millgates · 12-17-2012, 01:53 AM

A character in C is the ordinal. char is an integral type.

Code:

/* You can use both ways to assign a character */
char c1 = 65;
char c2 = 'B';

/* You can print a character both ways, too */
printf("%c\n", c1);
printf("%i\n", c2)

theNbomr · 12-17-2012, 08:47 AM

There is really no such concept in C. There are different ways of representing the same data type, but the underlying data is still the same. The example posted by millgates demonstrates this nicely.

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