ASCII Values
Each character of C Character Set(ASCII) is assigned with a unique integer value in the range of 1 to 255 which is known as the ASCII value of that corresponding character. ASCII stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
Why ASCII ?
In memory, data can only be stored in the form of Binary. Binary equivalent of both integer and floating values can be obtained and hence can be stored in form of binary in 16 and 32 bits respectively. But as binary equivalent of character values can not be obtained hence problem exists while storing character values in binary form. The solution is ASCII values.
While storing character values, the binary equivalent of ASCII value of corresponding character is stored in 8 bits of memory.
Get detailed information on ASCII values and the operations on character variables. we can perform Arithmetic operations on characters and character variables.
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