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diff --git a/docs/source/arduino/char.rst b/docs/source/arduino/char.rst deleted file mode 100644 index e783ed6..0000000 --- a/docs/source/arduino/char.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,51 +0,0 @@ -.. _arduino-char: - -char -==== - -Description ------------ - -A data type that takes up 1 byte of memory that stores a character -value. Character literals are written in single quotes, like this: -'A' (for multiple characters - strings - use double quotes: -"ABC"). - - - -Characters are stored as numbers however. You can see the specific -encoding in the -`ASCII chart <http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/ASCIIchart>`_. This -means that it is possible to do arithmetic on characters, in which -the ASCII value of the character is used (e.g. 'A' + 1 has the -value 66, since the ASCII value of the capital letter A is 65). See -`Serial.println <http://arduino.cc/en/Serial/Println>`_ reference -for more on how characters are translated to numbers. - - - -The char datatype is a signed type, meaning that it encodes numbers -from -128 to 127. For an unsigned, one-byte (8 bit) data type, use -the *byte* data type. - - - -Example -------- - -:: - - char myChar = 'A'; - char myChar = 65; // both are equivalent - - - -See also --------- - - -- `byte <http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/Byte>`_ -- `int <http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/Int>`_ -- `array <http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/Array>`_ -- `Serial.println <http://arduino.cc/en/Serial/Println>`_ - |