{"id":27960,"date":"2024-03-16T09:31:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T09:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-convert-characters-to-numbers-in-the-c-language-2\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T12:17:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T12:17:52","slug":"how-to-convert-characters-to-numbers-in-the-c-language-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-convert-characters-to-numbers-in-the-c-language-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to convert characters to numbers in the C language?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In C language, there are several ways to convert characters to numbers:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Converts a string to an integer.<\/li>\n<li>Include the standard library header file <stdlib.h>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-meta\">#<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">include<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">&lt;stdio.h&gt;<\/span><\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-meta\">#<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">include<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">&lt;stdlib.h&gt;<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">main<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">()<\/span> {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-type\">char<\/span> c = <span class=\"hljs-string\">'5'<\/span>;\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> num = atoi(&amp;c);\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">printf<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"%d\\n\"<\/span>, num);  <span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ \u8f93\u51fa\uff1a5<\/span>\r\n    \r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">return<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>;\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8220;Read input from string&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The header file stdio.h.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-meta\">#<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">include<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">&lt;stdio.h&gt;<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">main<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">()<\/span> {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-type\">char<\/span> c = <span class=\"hljs-string\">'7'<\/span>;\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> num;\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">sscanf<\/span>(&amp;c, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"%d\"<\/span>, &amp;num);\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">printf<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"%d\\n\"<\/span>, num);  <span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ \u8f93\u51fa\uff1a7<\/span>\r\n    \r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">return<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>;\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>Converting with ASCII values: Subtracting the ASCII value of the character &#8216;0&#8217; from the ASCII value of the character itself will give you the corresponding number.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-meta\">#<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">include<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">&lt;stdio.h&gt;<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">main<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">()<\/span> {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-type\">char<\/span> c = <span class=\"hljs-string\">'9'<\/span>;\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> num = c - <span class=\"hljs-string\">'0'<\/span>;\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">printf<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"%d\\n\"<\/span>, num);  <span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ \u8f93\u51fa\uff1a9<\/span>\r\n    \r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">return<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>;\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The methods above are commonly used for converting characters to numbers, and the specific method used depends on the actual requirements and personal preferences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In C language, there are several ways to convert characters to numbers: Converts a string to an integer. 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