serial interface returns extra character

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I'm trying to get into serial communication and doing some tutorials (this one by Jeremy Blum). I cannot explain my results however: I keep getting a extra character when reading serial communication from the arduino (duemilanove):
This is the most basic code to return values send from my serial monitor:

void setup() 
{
  Serial.begin(9600);
  //pinMode(ledpin, OUTPUT);
}

void loop() 
{
  //wait for serial
  while (Serial.available() == 0);
  int val = Serial.read() - '0';
  
  //echo
  Serial.println(val);
}

my result when I enter "0" is:

0
-38

The arduino always returns a extra -38! I'm hoping I did not break anything because in the past Ive used it to rewrite the bootloader of a arduino mini.

2

Set Serial Monitor to not send a line ending.

3

try Serial.print(val);

4

Thanks for the replys, setting to "no line ending worked"!