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Note that the explicit cast in the first conditional expression is redundant; that is, the value printed remains identical whether the cast is present or absent. Nevertheless, use of the redundant cast is good practice; it serves as an explicit indication of the programmer's intent, and consequently improves maintainability. When the value of i in the second conditional expression falls outside the range that can be represented as a char, the explicit cast will truncate its value. This usage complies with exception EXP13-EX1 of guideline EXP13NUM00-J. Ensure conversions of numeric types to narrower types do not result in lost or misinterpreted data.
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