From: bje AT cygnus DOT com (Ben Elliston)
Subject: Re: console 'Got 1'
20 Sep 1998 15:48:05 -0700
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To: Tim Newsham <newsham AT lava DOT net>
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>               printf("%c%c\n", 1, 2);

> to the console window, it will say "Got 1" and "Got 2" instead of
> printing out the characters 1 and 2.  This can be confusing :)

Actually, Control-A and Control-B are probably non-printable.  Your code
snippet won't print out the characters `1' and `2'.  It will print out the
characters whose ASCII values are 0x01 and 0x02.

Nevertheless, you've raised an interesting point.

Ben