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A C output

Who does explain me why in C this: printf("\x61"); outputs "a"?

17th Feb 2019, 8:49 AM
Paolo De Nictolis
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5 Answers
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61 is hexadecimal for 97 which is the ascii number of a.
17th Feb 2019, 8:57 AM
HonFu
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printf("%c",0x61); produces the same.
17th Feb 2019, 9:38 PM
Sonic
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\x61 is basically the (6*16+1*1)th ASCII character, which is a
18th Feb 2019, 6:12 AM
👑 Prometheus 🇸🇬
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escape sequence used
19th Feb 2019, 4:12 AM
Usman Amin
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Just to add a tiny bit more explanation, the \x pc in front of 61 is what says it’s hexadecimal, rather than just printing the number 61.
17th Feb 2019, 3:19 PM
Mike
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