From:	Damian Yerrick <MYNAMEISd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comNO2CANNEDHAM>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Weird output of printf()
Organization:	Pin Eight Software <http://pineight.8m.com/>
Message-ID:	<4nhm8s4eqkb8mvicavhlv866qio80e0h8l@4ax.com>
References:	<388B34AB DOT CA34EBD9 AT ou DOT edu>
X-Newsreader:	Forte Agent 1.7/32.534
MIME-Version:	1.0
Lines:	27
X-Trace:	/K49oBBrl/znm85R+RpErWgP8KL3qcqiTEkTDaI3J9EZQXt5ViDBgLLl4s7NDqPFVxsfp5AM0yQN!ipnLpSUUaFaXl0dqMAtG2dDXpOoqtlRchfGv0E982Rgz3QIG+7/GNPiemQLi3tbYfE0icKndoA==
X-Complaints-To:	abuse AT gte DOT net
X-Abuse-Info:	Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers
X-Abuse-Info:	Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly
NNTP-Posting-Date:	Sun, 23 Jan 2000 18:27:17 GMT
Distribution:	world
Date:	Sun, 23 Jan 2000 18:27:18 GMT
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
DJ-Gateway:	from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Reply-To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com

On Sun, 23 Jan 2000 11:04:43 -0600, David Cleaver <davidis AT ou DOT edu>
wrote:

>Hello again everyone,
>
>First, I want everyone to know I'm using DJGPP v2.03.  OK, now, recently
>I've tried to use the printf() function to print out the hex values of
>some unsigned char's that I have.  However, I'm not sure that it always
>did just that.  Let me give you an example:
>
>{ 0xbc, 0xf, 0},
>
>This is part of the output of the program.  My question is, WHAT does
>"0xf" mean?????????

If you're using char to hold keypresses:
  0xf = binary 00001111 = ascii code for Ctrl+O
If you're using char as an 8-bit integer:
  0xf = decimal 15

Does your line look anything like this?
  printf("character %c = 0x%x\n", c, (int)c);

-- 
Damian Yerrick  http://yerricde.tripod.com/
View full sig at http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yerricde/sig.html
Comment on story ideas at http://home1.gte.net/frodo/quickjot.html

- Raw text -