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Re: char to decimal

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From Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at>
Subject Re: char to decimal
References <92ea64F3avU1@mid.individual.net> <Xns9EDBB8224D5B6vaj4088ianshef@138.125.254.103> <iptlkq$62g$2@lust.ihug.co.nz> <ipu045$6mn$1@news.albasani.net>
Message-ID <slrnis51su.phi.avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> (permalink)
Date 2011-05-05 11:18 +0000

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Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> wrote:
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> Ian Shef wrote:
>>> A char is much like an int except that:
>>> It has 16 bits instead of 32.
>>> It is unsigned, with a value from 0 through 65535.
>>> It gets special handling in some places, such as by System.out.println.
>>> The special handling by System.out.println can be avoided by casting to an
>>> int.
>> Funny, they could do all this for char, but not for boolean.
> Booleans are not numbers.

But characters are.  So, 'a' is just as naturally 97 as true isn't 1

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char to decimal Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-05-05 01:43 +0100
  Re: char to decimal Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com> - 2011-05-04 17:49 -0700
  Re: char to decimal Ian Shef <invalid@avoiding.spam> - 2011-05-05 01:06 +0000
    Re: char to decimal Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-05 20:03 +1200
      Re: char to decimal Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-05 07:03 -0400
        Re: char to decimal Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-05-05 11:18 +0000
          Re: char to decimal Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-05-05 06:11 -0700
            Re: char to decimal Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-06 01:59 +1200
              Re: char to decimal Mayeul <mayeul.marguet@free.fr> - 2011-05-05 16:53 +0200
                Re: char to decimal Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-06 11:49 +1200
                Re: char to decimal Mayeul <mayeul.marguet@free.fr> - 2011-05-06 08:46 +0200
                Re: char to decimal Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-06 18:43 +1200
                Re: char to decimal Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-06 06:52 -0400
                Re: char to decimal Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-05-06 11:39 +0000
              Re: char to decimal Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-05-05 14:13 -0400
                Re: char to decimal Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-06 11:49 +1200
                Re: char to decimal Mayeul <mayeul.marguet@free.fr> - 2011-05-06 08:47 +0200
                Re: char to decimal Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-06 18:43 +1200
                Re: char to decimal Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-06 06:54 -0400
                Re: char to decimal Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2011-05-06 10:30 +0300
              Re: char to decimal Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-05 17:05 -0400
            Re: char to decimal Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-05-05 14:56 +0000
              Re: char to decimal Paul Cager <paul.cager@googlemail.com> - 2011-05-05 11:48 -0700
                Re: char to decimal Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-05 17:06 -0400
                Re: char to decimal Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-05-05 21:28 +0000
                Re: char to decimal Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-05 17:32 -0400
                Re: char to decimal Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-05-06 08:31 +0000
          Re: char to decimal Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-05 17:04 -0400
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        Re: boolean to int : was char to decimal Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-05-06 06:54 -0700
        Re: boolean to int : was char to decimal markspace <-@.> - 2011-05-06 07:07 -0700
          Re: boolean to int : was char to decimal markspace <-@.> - 2011-05-06 08:30 -0700
        Re: boolean to int : was char to decimal Nigel Wade <nmw-news@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2011-05-06 15:35 +0100
        Re: boolean to int : was char to decimal Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2011-05-06 19:12 +0200
        Re: boolean to int : was char to decimal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-06 13:26 -0400
          Re: boolean to int : was char to decimal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-06 21:25 -0400
          Re: boolean to int : was char to decimal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-06 21:28 -0400
          Re: boolean to int : was char to decimal Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-05-09 12:51 -0400
            Re: boolean to int : was char to decimal Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-05-09 23:54 +0000
            Re: boolean to int : was char to decimal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-09 20:51 -0400
              Re: boolean to int : was char to decimal Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-05-10 11:20 -0400
            Re: boolean to int : was char to decimal Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-10 13:47 +1200
              Re: boolean to int : was char to decimal Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-05-10 11:02 -0400
                Re: boolean to int : was char to decimal Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-11 14:05 +1200
                Re: boolean to int : was char to decimal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-11 08:11 -0400
  Re: char to decimal Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-05-05 02:12 +0100
  Re: char to decimal Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-04 21:59 -0400
    Re: char to decimal Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-05-05 16:14 +0100
      Re: char to decimal markspace <-@.> - 2011-05-05 11:20 -0700
        Re: char to decimal Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-05 17:10 -0400
          Re: char to decimal Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-05-05 22:00 +0000
            Re: char to decimal Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-05 18:20 -0400
          Re: char to decimal Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-05-06 10:45 +0100
            Re: char to decimal Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-06 06:56 -0400
              Re: char to decimal Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-05-06 11:48 +0000
                Re: char to decimal Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-05-06 08:38 -0400
                Re: char to decimal Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-05-06 09:47 -0400
                Re: char to decimal Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-06 12:02 -0400
                Re: char to decimal Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2011-05-06 19:15 +0200
                Re: char to decimal Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-06 14:01 -0400
                Re: char to decimal Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2011-05-06 20:07 +0200
                Re: O/T linguistics (Was: char to decimal) Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-06 15:28 -0400
                Re: O/T linguistics Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2011-05-06 21:44 +0200
                Re: char to decimal Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-05-06 23:57 +0000
                Re: char to decimal Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-06 12:00 -0400
              Re: char to decimal Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-05-06 18:29 +0100
                Re: char to decimal Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-06 14:02 -0400
                Re: char to decimal Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-05-07 01:09 +0100
                Re: char to decimal Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-05-07 00:18 +0000
                Re: char to decimal Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-06 21:30 -0400
  Re: char to decimal Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-05-04 22:03 -0700
    Re: char to decimal "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org> - 2011-05-05 01:14 -0700
    Re: char to decimal Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-05-05 16:15 +0100

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