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unsigned char in C with Examples

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char is the most basic data type in C. It stores a single character and requires a single byte of memory in almost all compilers.

Now character datatype can be divided into 2 types:

  1. signed char
  2. unsigned char

signed-and-unsigned-char-in-C

unsigned char is a character datatype where the variable consumes all the 8 bits of the memory and there is no sign bit (which is there in signed char). So it means that the range of unsigned char data type ranges from 0 to 255.

Syntax:

unsigned char [variable_name] = [value]

Example:

unsigned char ch = 'a';
  • Initializing an unsigned char: Here we try to insert a char in the unsigned char variable with the help of ASCII value. So the ASCII value 97 will be converted to a character value, i.e. ‘a’ and it will be inserted in unsigned char.




    // C program to show unsigned char
      
    #include <stdio.h>
      
    int main()
    {
      
        int chr = 97;
        unsigned char i = chr;
        printf("unsigned char: %c\n", i);
      
        return 0;
    }

    
    

    Output:

    unsigned char: a
    

    Initializing an unsigned char with signed value: Here we try to insert a char in the unsigned char variable with the help of ASCII value. So the ASCII value -1 will be first converted to a range 0-255 by rounding. So it will be 255. Now, this value will be converted to a character value, i.e. ‘ÿ’ and it will be inserted in unsigned char.




    // C program to show unsigned char
      
    #include <stdio.h>
      
    int main()
    {
      
        int chr = -1;
        unsigned char i = chr;
        printf("unsigned char: %c\n", i);
      
        return 0;
    }

    
    

    Output:

    unsigned char: ÿ
    


Last Updated : 06 Aug, 2020
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