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From: brnstnd@stealth.acf.nyu.edu
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Subject: How to convert a char into an int from 0 through 255?
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Date: 6 Jan 90 21:37:08 GMT
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From: brnstnd@stealth.acf.nyu.edu

The question is self-explanatory. This is a practical question as well
as a theoretical one: I'd like a solution that is both conformant and
portable in the real world. Does (int) (unsigned int) ch do the trick?
What about (int) (unsigned char)?

---Dan

Volume-Number: Volume 18, Number 8