C++ Program to print ASCII value of a character

To find ASCII value of a Character in C++

Here, on this page we will discuss the program to find the ASCII value of a character in C++ .The variable of char data type can hold basically three types of characters. These characters can be differentiated on the basis of ASCII value which have been assigned to them.

ASCII value of a character in C++

Did you know?

 ASCII stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange
  • Which is a binary code used by electronic equipment for electronic communications
  • A total of 128 characters have been assigned values from 0 – 127
  • Alphabets (  65 – 90  &  97 – 122  )
  • Digits (  48 – 57  )
  • Remaining are Special Character (  !, @, #, $, * …..)

Working

  • User gives an input
  • Input is stored in a char type variable say val.
  • val is converted from char to int .
  • The ASCII value of Character is Obtained
ASCII Value of a character

C code

Run
//C++ program to calculate ASCII value of Character
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

//main program
int main()
{
	char val='z';

    //printing the ASCII value of input 
    //through typecasting
    cout<<"The ASCII value of "<<val<<" is "<<(int)val;
    return 0;
}

Output

The ASCII value of z is 122

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