Does arithmetic operation on the value of type char - C Data Type

Introduction

Here's an example of an arithmetic operation with a value of type char:

Demo Code

#include <stdio.h> 
  
int main(void) 
{ 
    char letter = 'C';                          // letter contains the decimal code value 67
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    printf("The character is %c\n", letter);
    
    letter = letter + 3;                        // letter now contains 70, which is 'F'

    printf("The character is %c\n", letter);
    return 0; 
}

Result

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