casting int to char using C++ style casting [duplicate]

Answer 1

You should use static_cast(i) to cast the integer i to char.

reinterpret_cast should almost never be used, unless you want to cast one type into a fundamentally different type.

Also reinterpret_cast is machine dependent so safely using it requires complete understanding of the types as well as how the compiler implements the cast.

For more information about C++ casting see:

• When should static_cast, dynamic_cast, const_cast and reinterpret_cast be used?
• http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/typecasting/.