Under what condition can an int variable be assigned a char?

Question

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main() {

int num = (int)'A';
char ch = num;
cout << ch;
return 0;
}

Why does this output A?
'A' alone is not an integer..
Does the (int) convert 'A' into an integer data type?

Answer 1

here's quick hack on how to remember basic ascii values..

A = 65
B = A + 1 = 65 + 1 = 66
C = A + 2 = 65 + 2 = 67
or C = B + 2 = 66 + 1 = 67
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Z = A + (distance b/w Z and A)
= 65 + (26 - 1)
= 65 + 25
= 90

One more example:
Y = A + (distance b/w Y and A)
= 65 + (25 - 1)
= 65 + 24
= 89

same applies for small letter
a = 97
b = a + 1 = 97 + 1 = 98
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z = a + (distance b/w z and a)
= 97 + (26 - 1)
= 97 + 25
= 122

same goes for numbers and symbols (with little effort)

Answer 2

~ swim ~

Got it. Will do some memorizing on these 5 points

RKK

Thank you for all the examples.

Answer 3

~ swim ~

My 3 weeks experience of c++ is from the Sololearn course and practice problems only.
No prior experience.

How much of the ASCII table should be memorized?
Okay I'll research a bit more on the relationship between chars and integers.