// File Name: conversion.cpp

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

// The program takes as input a character and displays what it is cast into 
// an integer data type.
	
int main() {
    int number;
    char character;

    cout << "Type in a character:\n";
    cin >> character;

    // explicitly cast the character into an integer to output decimal
    number = static_cast<int>(character);

    cout << "The character '" << character;
    cout << "' is represented as the ASCII decimal number ";
    cout << number << " in the computer.\n";
	
	int temp;
	cin >> temp;
	
    return 0;
}