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Each
computer uses a particular character set, two
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in
substantial use today are ASCII and EBCDIC.
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The
vast majority use ASCII.
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Character
Issues:
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Comparing
Characters: if (ch >= ‘a’ && ch <= ‘z’) –
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islower
is preferred usage
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Converting
Digit Characters to Integers: ‘9’ – ‘0’ = 9
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Converting
to Lowercase and Uppercase: toupper and
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tolower
can help (#include <cctype>)
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Accessing Characters Within a String: Use
position
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number,
e.g. ch = inputStr[2];
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