title: Character Array Java
body: <p>This question is hard to be asked on Google even though is so simple. 
  Basically I wrote this : </p>
  
  <pre><code>      public static void main(String[] args) {
           char cipher[] = {'a','b','c','c','d','t','w'};
             System.out.println(cipher[0]+cipher[2]);
            }
   }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and the println result was : 196 instead of ac. Of course when I did </p>
  
  <pre><code> System.out.println(cipher[0]+""+cipher[2]);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It showed me ac as intended. 
  So my question is just what is this 196 ? 
  Thanks!</p>