ASCII character to binary code

ascii_to_bin

#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    int a[8];
    const char c = 'a';

    for(unsigned int i = 0; i < sizeof(char)*8; ++i)
    {
        if(c & (1 << i))
        {
            a[i] = 1;
        }
        else
        {
            a[i] = 0;
        }
    }
    std::cout << "the ascii character binary code is: " << std::endl;
    for(int i = 0; i < 8; ++i)
    {
        std::cout << " " << a[i] << " ";
    }

    return 0;
}