-=> Jasen Betts wrote to Bo Simonsen <=-

 JB> Hi Bo.

Hi Jasen,

 RJT>> Because a "char" is not a number.
 PS>> It is. You can add chars just like you can add ints. It's just
 PS>> like short, a variant of int with less bits.

 BS> In another way, it's just a byte, and it can contain the numbers
 BS> from 0..255.

 JB> or -128 to 127

Yes a signed char.

 BS> In most programs there is a typedef char byte;

 JB> or typedef unsigned char byte.

Yes I know, just a temperorary brain lapse. :)


Bo


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