Print ASCII Value in Java

public class PrintAsciiValueExample1   
{  
public static void main(String[] args)   
{  
// character whose ASCII value to be found  
char ch1 = 'a';  
char ch2 = 'b';  
// variable that stores the integer value of the character  
int asciivalue1 = ch1;  
int asciivalue2 = ch2;  
System.out.println("The ASCII value of " + ch1 + " is: " + asciivalue1);  
System.out.println("The ASCII value of " + ch2 + " is: " + asciivalue2);  
}  
}  

Output:

The ASCII value of a is: 97
The ASCII value of b is: 98