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  1. #1
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    Typecasting Problem

    I am writing some data to a serial port. It looks like I have some problems when writing the character. For instance,

    If I let x[] = {'a','b','c'}, no problem, x is declared as char

    now, if I do something like that x[]={1,2,3}; I receive a lot bad characters

    I try to send some character by doing something like that inside a loop
    x[i] = (char)i; //but still not working, receive jaggy or control character

    I wonder if there is a possibility to typecast

    (char)i; in order to get something like that 'i'

    in that case if i = 0, 1, 2, 3; x[i] will be {'0','1','2','3'} this is what the typecast above should be, but it does not work

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    Re: Typecasting Problem

    You cant typecast. A number is a number, and an ASCII character is a representation of a character encoded as a number. See here
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    Re: Typecasting Problem

    No, that is not possible.

    A "normal" ASCII character like '0' is actually coded as the decimal number 48. So, if you want to send your data as characters you have to initialize your string with characters.

    Edit: Good link TheCPUWizard

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    Re: Typecasting Problem

    Quote Originally Posted by vcstarter
    I am writing some data to a serial port. It looks like I have some problems when writing the character. For instance,

    If I let x[] = {'a','b','c'}, no problem, x is declared as char

    now, if I do something like that x[]={1,2,3}; I receive a lot bad characters

    I try to send some character by doing something like that inside a loop
    x[i] = (char)i; //but still not working, receive jaggy or control character

    I wonder if there is a possibility to typecast

    (char)i; in order to get something like that 'i'

    in that case if i = 0, 1, 2, 3; x[i] will be {'0','1','2','3'} this is what the typecast above should be, but it does not work
    Well if you want to convert integer 1 to its equivalent character '1' you can just add '0' to the integer value.
    Code:
    for(i=1;i<=3;i++) {
    	 x[i] = i + '0';
    }
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    Re: Typecasting Problem

    Hi.

    Quote Originally Posted by Sarevok
    Well if you want to convert integer 1 to its equivalent character '1' you can just add '0' to the integer value.
    Code:
    for(i=1;i<=3;i++) {
    	 x[i] = i + '0';
    }
    Yes. And a good practice when working with characters and integrals would be to use unsigned types.

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