Trying to multiply 'a' and 'b' which should be 3600. What happened? C#

Question

I'm new and trying to learn the basics with the numbers and stuff right now why didn't it multiply to 3600 and instead got to 9506.

https://sololearn.com/compiler-playground/cL05Ngs2ALTR/?ref=app

Answer 1

you're re-assigning 'a' and 'b' to your variables. Why?

//what you expect:
Console.WriteLine(72*50); //3600

//what you did:
Console.WriteLine('a'*'b'); //9506

// because chars have int values:
Console.WriteLine((int)'a'); // 97
Console.WriteLine((int)'b'); // 98

//what you're actually doing:
Console.WriteLine(97*98); //9506

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for those reading this comment at a later date and is confused, the original code above has already been updated by the OP, so the code in question are no longer there...😅 Even the title is confusing now...

Answer 2

why do you think it would make it faster? Are you sure you corrected the codes properly? Also, don't use () unnecessarily.

it should be something like this:

int goblins_killed = 72;
int goblin_exp = 50;
int exp = goblins_killed * goblin_exp;
int level = 1;
int total_exp = level*1000;
Console.WriteLine("level: " + level);
Console.WriteLine ("total exp: " + total_exp);
Console.WriteLine ("exp: " + exp);

Answer 3

Ok thanks for the help I understand now why it was like that now.