ascii value of alphabets in java code example

Example 1: Java program to print alphabets using ascii values

// Java program to print alphabets using ascii values
public class PrintAlphabetUsingAscii 
{
   public static void main(String[] args) 
   {
      char ch = 'B';
      int ascii = ch;
      int castAscii = (int) ch;   
      System.out.println("ascii value of " + ch + " is: " + ascii);
      System.out.println("ascii value of " + ch + " is: " + castAscii);
   }
}

Example 2: how to get ascii value of string letter in java

char character = name.charAt(0); // This gives the character 'a'
int ascii = (int) character; // ascii is now 97.

Example 3: how to add a number to the ascii value of a char in java

char a = 97+1;
char b = 'a'+2;
r = (char)(1+5)