Converting from int to char

[Amit Shah]

I have an int of 3483498. When I cast it a char, it displays the char 'j'. When I convert back, it is 20. The ASCII for 20 is not even 'j'. I am utterly lost. How do I get back 3483498?

int D = 3483498;
char a = char(D);
cout << a << endl;
int b = int(a);
cout << b << endl;

[Branflakes91093]

When I convert back, it is 20.

That's odd, I tried it and got 106, which is what it should be.

How do I get back 3483498?

You can't go back once you cast a type like int to a type that is smaller. You lose the rest of in the important bits.

It's like rounding a decimal to the nearest integer. If I gave you a number that I rounded beforehand, you wouldn't be able to tell me (for sure) what the tenths place was.

[Moeljbcp]

Look up the atoi() (Character to integer) and itoa() (Integer to character) functions. They should be able to help you.

[HiteshVaghani1]

atoi() and itoa() won't help you too.. you should use stringstream for you purpose..

[Amit Shah]

I tried using itoa(), but it didn't help either. In the end, I used stringstream. It works out much better.