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i2c

convert integer to character

Jasmin Syntax

     i2c 

Stack

Before	After
value	result
...	...

Description

Converts an integer to a 16-bit unsigned char. A 32-bit int is popped off the stack, the top 16 bits are set to zero and the resulting int value is pushed back onto the stack.

i2c is used in Java when there is an explicit cast between an int and a char. Notice that i2c produces an unsigned value - any sign bit for the original number is lost. For example, in the code:

     int x = -1;     char c = (char)x; 

The value of c is positive 0xFFFF.

Bytecode

Type	Description
u1	i2c opcode = 0x92 (146)

See Also

i2b, i2s

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Java Virtual Machine, by Jon Meyer and Troy Downing, O'Reilly Associates