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Because a character is an integer, not a real number. You probably meant int rather than integer, but no implementations of C++ treat a char as an int. All implementations are guaranteed to evaluate sizeof(char) as being exactly 1 (byte). Moreover, a string of 4 characters will occupy exactly 32-bits, not 128-bits (assuming an int is 32-bits, which is entirely dependant upon the implementation).

When processing single characters the CPU will treat them according to the system's word length (which is 32 bits on a 32-bit machine), but that has nothing to do with C++ treating a char as an int, that's purely down to the architecture. After all, it's just as quick to manipulate 32 bits as it is to manipulate 8 bits on a 32-bit system. On a 64-bit system, a single char will be treated as if it were 64 bits long (8 bytes) for the same reason.

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What is the difference between character '1' and integer 1 in terms of C plus plus?

Characters and integers are two different types: 'char' is an 8-bit unsigned integer (normally), while 'int' is a 16, 32 or 64-bit signed integer.Ints and chars are both integer numbers internally, but their numeric values are interpreted differently: The numeric value of the integer 1 is 1 (reasonably enough :), while the numeric value of the character '1' is 49.Characters are represented in computers by using a table mapping from integers to characters. The most common mapping is ASCII, and in the ASCII table the character 1 happens to have the numeric value 49. (I assume they didn't put it on 1 because all the values below 32 were reserved for system commands like 'bell' and 'escape'.)See related link for the ASCII table.


C plus plus file processing that will input 12 integers?

#include<iostream> #include<vector> int main() { std::vector<int> integers (12); for (size_t loop=0; loop<integers.size(); ++loop) cin >> integers[loop]; }


How do you print characters up and down in c plus plus vs. side to side?

Place a newline (linefeed) character ('\n') after each character you print. Depending on the device you may need a carriage return as well ('\r'). Usually the carriage return comes before the linefeed, but can often be treated as a string of two characters ("\r\n").


How are devices treated in C plus plus?

On some platforms (unix, for example) devices are handled as special files.


What are the conditions to swap in c plus plus without temporary?

You can swap two integers without temporary storage by bitwise exclusive-or'ing them in a specific sequence...a ^= b;b ^= a;a ^= b;

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What is the difference between character '1' and integer 1 in terms of C plus plus?

Characters and integers are two different types: 'char' is an 8-bit unsigned integer (normally), while 'int' is a 16, 32 or 64-bit signed integer.Ints and chars are both integer numbers internally, but their numeric values are interpreted differently: The numeric value of the integer 1 is 1 (reasonably enough :), while the numeric value of the character '1' is 49.Characters are represented in computers by using a table mapping from integers to characters. The most common mapping is ASCII, and in the ASCII table the character 1 happens to have the numeric value 49. (I assume they didn't put it on 1 because all the values below 32 were reserved for system commands like 'bell' and 'escape'.)See related link for the ASCII table.


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What will happen if a char is counted as an int in C plus plus?

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C plus plus file processing that will input 12 integers?

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