char to ascii integer and back

[lucas]

hello one and all,

i am very new to java and i need to take an ascii character, say "A" or "a"
and convert it into its ascii integer code, say 65 or 97 respectively. then
i need to also go in the reverse from integer 97 to the character "a". what
is the most efficient way to do this in java.

lucas

[Raymond DeCampo]

Re: char to ascii integer and back

lucas wrote:[color=blue]
> hello one and all,
>
> i am very new to java and i need to take an ascii character, say "A" or "a"
> and convert it into its ascii integer code, say 65 or 97 respectively. then
> i need to also go in the reverse from integer 97 to the character "a". what
> is the most efficient way to do this in java.[/color]

Lucas,

The primitive Java type char represents a 2-byte Unicode character. I
believe that for ASCII values 0-255 these coincide, but you should check
with the specification.

Now you can go back and forth via casting. E.g.

System.out.prin tln((int)'A');
System.out.prin tln((char)65);

Ray

[slukacs]

Re: char to ascii integer and back

thanx ray,

that did the trick.

lucas