How to convert char into int in a function? - c++

Question

poziomy= char;
pionowy= digit; ( no problems with this one)
So I need to convert char into a digit in function but obviusly I cannot do char=int, so I dont know how to pass on the converted char into digit properly.
I guees i can do two functions but maybe there is an easier way?
I thought of making a new variable poziomy_c but I dont know how to pass it to Ruch_gracza()
int Convert_digit (int cyfra)
{
switch (cyfra)
{
case 10: return 0;break;
case 9: return 1;break;
case 8: return 2;break;
case 7: return 3;break;
case 6: return 4;break;
case 5: return 5;break;
case 4: return 6;break;
case 3: return 7;break;
case 2: return 8;break;
case 1: return 9;break;
}
}
int Convert_letter (char literka)
{
switch (literka)
{
case 'A': return 0; break;
case 'B': return 1; break;
case 'C': return 2; break;
case 'D': return 3; break;
case 'E': return 4; break;
case 'F': return 5; break;
case 'G': return 6; break;
case 'H': return 7; break;
case 'I': return 8; break;
case 'J': return 9; break;
}
}
void Conwert(int &pionowy, char poziomy)
{
pionowy=Convert_digit(pionowy);
int poziomy_c;
poziomy_c=Convert_letter (poziomy);
}
void Ruch_gracza1 (int plansza[10][10])
{
int pionowy ;
char poziomy;
cout << "wprowadz wspolrzedne pola na ktorym lezy pion który chcesz ruszyc ( w pionie , potem w poziomie)" << endl;
cin >> pionowy >> poziomy;
Conwert (pionowy,poziomy);
cout << pionowy << endl;
cout << poziomy << endl;
}

Answer 1

You can use char arithmetic to make this a whole lot easier. Since 'A' to 'Z' will be contiguous in ASCII/Unicode, you can do literka - 'A' to get how far literka is from A (which is what your switch is doing):
int Convert_letter (char literka) {
if(!std::isalpha(literka)) { return literka; } // Not a letter
return std::toupper(literka) - 'A';
}
Or if you want a more robust solution to cover even less common character encodings:
int Convert_letter (char literka) {
if(!std::isalpha(literka)) { return literka; } // Not a letter
std::string alphabet = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
return std::distance(std::begin(alphabet), std::find(std::begin(alphabet), std::end(alphabet), literka));;
}
Convert_digit will look similar (except with std::isdigit instead of std::isalpha).

Answer 2

You can do as
char c = 'B';
int digit = c - 'A';
return digit;

Answer 3

You need some knowledge about the ASCII table and data type in C++.
Simply, a char is an integer from -128 ... 127. If you declare a char variable name ch like this:
char ch = 'B';
C++ will understand that ch = 66 (look at ASCII table). So that we can do arithmetic operator with ch like an integer variable.
ch - 'A'; // result 1, because 'A' = 65
ch - 65; // same result with ch - 'A'
Finally, you can write your function like this:
int functionChar2Int(char x){
return x - 'A';
}