Converting a variable from an int to a char(or string)

[sepetoner]

I am trying to make a blackjack game, and I am stuck trying to figure out how to convert the dealt card to a face card(if it is one).

So far I have the program randomly choose between 2-14. I then want to say:

char jack = 'j';
int card = 11;

if (card == 11)
{
  card = jack;
}

cout << card;

I want it to display j, but instead it is displaying 106(the ascii number for j).

I saw online about itoa, but I am not understanding that, and I don't even know if that is what I am looking for here?

Also, would it be easier to use string instead of char?

[vlad from moscow]

You could write

cout << ( char )card;

or

cout << static_cast<char<( card );

[sepetoner]

But what if, like in my original program, it could be 2-10, and I still want it to display the integer?

(sorry I didn't write the original program in the original post. My program has card = to a random num between 2-14, so it won't always be 11)

[Lowest0ne]

if (card < 11)
  cout << card;
else if (card == 11)
  cout << 'j';
else if (card == 12)
 //... 

My favorite way to make a deck of cards:

string faces[] = {"diamonds", "clubs", "hearts", "spades"};
string values[] = {"ace", "two", "three", ... , "jack", "queen", "king"};
const int SIZE = 52;
int deck[SIZE];

for (int i = 0; i < SIZE; i++)
  deck[i] = i;

// Use random values to shuffle the deck

for (int i  = 0; i < SIZE; i++)
  cout << value[deck[i] % 13] << " of " << face[deck[i] / 13] << endl;