Hi David and Auke,

 > On 28 Aug 98, 16:04, you wrote to Auke Reitsma

 >  -> DVH>> The \xOO is for the 2 digit hex-decimal. Is \b for
 >  -> DVH>> binary????

 >  ->> Regrettably not. :-(  Even if some compiler accepts it, it is
 >  ->> HIGHLY non-standard and non-portable.

 >  DVH> That sucks. Binary is much easier to deal with
 > than Hex.

 > Not when all 32 binary digits of a long are to be
 > used. ;-)
 > Without any punctuation that is ...

 > Anyway, hex will become natural after some time.

    To complete the picture, '\b' in standard C is the escape sequence for
the backspace character. :-)

Best wishes,
Bill.

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