Characters

Hi! I have a question. Why is this allowed?
char c = 34;
Shouldn't it be:
char c = (char)34;
When I tried it out in a test program, the output for both lines of code was the same, the " character.
I think I'm missing something here. Thank you in advance.

The cast was not needed because 34 is within the valid range for a character. The conversion is done automatically here. try assing a very large number to your character. The compiler will complain. ex. char c = 100000

Bosun

Thanks Bosun.
Are these valid ways of creating and initializing char variables?
char c = 'U';
char c = 67;
char c = '\u0067';
char c = '\r';
Thanks again.

Also, the fact that you have assigned a literal value makes it legal without the cast. If you tried something like:
<code>
<pre>
byte b = 34;
char c = b;
</pre>
</code>
the compiler would complain, telling you an explicit cast was required.
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Ah ha...I'm clearer now. Thanks to Bosun and Michael.

Michael, nice quote.