package class3_2_OfficeHours_CharArithmeticAndBigFloats_start;// Dr. Yoder. MSOE. 21 March 2017

/**
 * The purpose of this class is to answer the question:
 * Why does the compiler as integers instead of concatenating them
 * as strings?
 *
 * The answer to the question is that (1) sometimes you want to add characters
 * as numbers (See the CaesarCipher class for an example) and
 * (2) It is very easy to concatenate characters as strings if you want to.
 * Just add a ""+ at the beginning, as in the last line of this example program.
 */
public class AddingChars {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        char firstInitial = 'J';
        char secondInitial = 'D';

        System.out.println("(int)firstInitial = " + (int) firstInitial);
        System.out.println("(int)secondInitial = " + (int) secondInitial);
        System.out.println(firstInitial+secondInitial);
        System.out.println(""+firstInitial+secondInitial);
    }
}