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Primitive Conversion

Posted by Y.M.Sudarsan on August 07, 2000 at 10:43 AM

> Let i is a valied java integer and c is a character.
> int i = 20;
> char c= 10;
> 1st case:
> When I say
> c= c+i;
> It gives an error. i.e., Ok
> 2nd case:
> c+=i;
> Doesn't give an error and prints the result 30.
> What is the reason?????
The reason is:
You are adding the i value to the ascii value of c