How to Get the ASCII Value of a Character in Java

In this tutorial, we are going to see how to get the ASCII value of a character in Java.

ASCII is a code to represent English characters as numbers, each letter of the English alphabet is assigned a number from 0 to 127. For example, the ASCII code for uppercase A is 65.
 

Method 1: Assignment operator

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        char ch = 'A';
        int ascii = ch;

        System.out.println("The ASCII value of "+ch+" is: " + ascii);
    }
}

Output:

The ASCII value of A is: 65

 

 

Method 2: Type casting

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        char ch = 'A';
        int ascii = (int)ch;

        System.out.println("The ASCII value of "+ch+" is: " + ascii);
    }
}

Output:

The ASCII value of A is: 65

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