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ASCII is an acronym that stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. In ASCII, different characters and symbols are assigned a specific numerical value for computers to store and manipulate. While storing and manipulating, the electronic device always works with the binary value of the ASCII number assigned. Because it is impossible to do so in its original form. ASCII assigns letters, numbers, characters, and symbols to one of the 256 available slots in the 8-bit code.<\/p>\n

For Example<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Character<\/th>\nASCII Value<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
a<\/td>\n97<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
b<\/td>\n98<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
B<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Methods to Calculate the ASCII Value of a Character in Java<\/h2>\n

There are four ways to print the ASCII value or code of a specific character, which are detailed below, followed by a Java example for implementation.<\/p>\n

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  1. Method of brute force<\/li>\n
  2. Method of type-casting<\/li>\n
  3. Method of using the format specifier<\/li>\n
  4. Method for Using the Byte Class<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Calculating the ASCII Value of a Character using Brute Force Method<\/h3>\n
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    1. Create a class called "Prep."<\/li>\n
    2. Define the main method, which accepts an array of strings called ‘args’ as input.<\/li>\n
    3. Declare a variable ‘ch’ of type ‘char’ and assign it the character ”.<\/li>\n
    4. Declare an ‘ascii’ variable of type ‘int’.<\/li>\n
    5. Use the implicit conversion from ‘char’ to ‘int’ to assign the ASCII value of the character ‘ch’ to the variable ‘ascii’. <\/li>\n
    6. Display the message "The ASCII value of [character] is: [ascii]," where [character] is the value of ‘ch’ and [ascii] is the value of ‘ascii’.<\/li>\n
    7. Complete the main method.<\/li>\n
    8. Complete the class definition.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Code Implementation<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t