From:	Vik Heyndrickx <Vik DOT Heyndrickx AT rug DOT ac DOT be>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Separating two 8bit numbers from 16bit
Date:	Tue, 21 Apr 1998 14:41:27 +0200
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Weiqi Gao wrote:
> Short answer:
>   short c;
>   char hi, lo;
>   hi = c/256;
>   lo = c % 256;

These are signed divisions. You should not use signed types for
variables unless there is reason to.

> Shorter answer:
>   fprintf(fh, "%d", c);
> will save your 16-bit number as two ASCII chars.

This is incorrect.

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