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Casting Problem

 
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Could some one please clarify me:
Why char c = 100; is true while
int i =100; char c = i; is false.
Similarly c= c+ i; is false but c+=i; is true.
Thanks in advance for ur help.
 
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char c = 100; //ok in declaration as long as value w/in range
int i = 100;
char c = i; //need cast...I think because you're not using a literal here, so compiler can't check
c = c + i; //need cast
c += i; //ok, but I'm not sure why.
I know that c += 1 is fine because automatic promotion of the literal to int doesn't happen with +=, but I'm confused with c += i not needing a cast.
Anyone?
 
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Just to add more:
char c = 100;//Ok because 100 is constant and valid within char's range.
int i =100;
char c = i;//invalid because i is a variable, whose value could go out of bounds of char's range
Similarly c= c+ i;invalid because the result of an arithmetic operation is at least an int, which is wider that char
c+=i;Ok because for op= type, an implicit cast takes place
That's it, in brief.
Herbert.
 
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class MyClass {
public static void main(String[] args) {
final int i =200;
char c = i;
System.out.println(c);
}
}
This will compile in jdk1.3, note final.
 
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