Java Program to Find ASCII Value of a character.

In this program, you'll learn to find and display the ASCII value of a character in Java. This is done using type-casting and normal variable assignment operations.

ASCII Value Chart

Example: Find ASCII value of a character

public class AsciiValue {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        char ch = 'a';

        int ascii = ch;

        // You can also cast char to int

        int castAscii = (int) ch;

        System.out.println("The ASCII value of " + ch + " is: " + ascii);

        System.out.println("The ASCII value of " + ch + " is: " + castAscii);

    }

}

When you run the program, the output will be:

The ASCII value of a is: 97

The ASCII value of a is: 97

 

In the above program, character "a" is stored in a "char" variable, "ch". Like, double quotes (" ") are used to declare strings, we use single quotes (' ') to declare characters.

Now, to find the ASCII value of "ch", we just assign "ch" to an "int" variable "ascii". Internally, Java converts the character value to an ASCII value.

We can also cast the character "ch" to an integer using "(int)". In simple terms, casting is converting variable from one type to another, here char variable "ch" is converted to an "int" variable "castAscii".

Finally, we print the "ascii" value using the "println()" function.