C Program to Find ASCII Value of a

Character
Every character in C programming is given an integer value to represent it. That integer value is
known as ASCII value of that character. For example: ASCII value of 'a' is 97. Here is the
complete list of ASCII value of characters in C programming . When a character is stored in
variable of type char , the ASCII value of character is stored instead of that character it self
character itself. For example: If you try to store character 'a' in a char type variable, ASCII value
of that character is stored which is 97.
In, this program user is asked to enter a character and this program will display the ASCII value
of that character.

Source Code
/* Source code to find ASCII value of a character entered by user */

#include <stdio.h>
int main(){
char c;
printf("Enter a character: ");
scanf("%c",&c);

/* Takes a character from user */

printf("ASCII value of %c = %d",c,c);

return 0;
}
Output
Enter a character: G
ASCII value of G = 71
Explanation
In this program, user is asked to enter a character and this character will be stored in variable c,
i.e., the ASCII value of that character is stored in variable c. When, this value is displayed
using conversion format string %c, the actual variable is displayed but, when this variable is
displayed using format string %d, the ASCII value of that character is displayed.