why does a char + another char = a weird number

Question

Here\'s the code snippet:

public static void main (String[]arg) 
{
    char ca = \'a\' ; 
    char cb = \'b\' ; 
    System.out.println (ca + cb) ; 
}
         


        

Answer 1

If you want to have a String as result of the + operator you have to use type String as operands.

You should write:

public static void main (String[]arg) 
{
    String ca = "a" ; 
    String cb = "b" ; 
    System.out.println (ca + cb) ; 
}

The + operator applied on char operands behaves as the arithmetic sum.