Why does the console write 'a a' when I run this program: #include void main() {int c=(int) 'a'; printf ("%c", c);}?

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your program will print a. Becuse you have taken %c as format specifier. Even if you have used cast operator int to store the numeric value of character 'a'. If you want to print number value of 'a', then you have to take the %d as format specifier. It will print the numeric value (ascii) of 'a' which...
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your program will print a. Becuse you have taken %c as format specifier. Even if you have used cast operator int to store the numeric value of character 'a'. If you want to print number value of 'a', then you have to take the %d as format specifier. It will print the numeric value (ascii) of 'a' which is 97. read less
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