This is really odd... Im casting a char to an int which is easy. The problem is that Im not recieving the correct value. string temp="#1"; int i = (int)temp[1]; cout << i; output: 49 ??? What the? Shouldn''t it cast it to just plain 1? What am I doing wrong here? I feel like such a n00b.

Nope, the character value for the digit does not equal the numerical value of the digit.. they start at 49 and go up..

temp[1] is the ASCII character ''1'' not the number 1. The value of that character is 49. If you are working with single chars and want to change those single chars to their equivolent number you can subtract ''0'' from them.

int i = temp[1] - ''0'';

cout << i;

output:

1


Qui fut tout, et qui ne fut rien
Invader''s Realm

That''s the correct output: 49 is the ascii code for the character 1

Don''t believe then look it up on an ASCII chart.

btw ''0'' is ascii code 48

well I knew it was an ascii code just wasn't sure why it casted to that so my solution is:

int i = (int)temp[1] - '0';

thanks

EDIT

you guys beat me to it

[edited by - Zorbfish on March 21, 2003 10:55:54 PM]

[edited by - Zorbfish on March 21, 2003 10:56:35 PM]