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From: yhe@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Youda He)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: A Simple question
Message-ID: <1881@zipeecs.umich.edu>
Date: 9 Apr 90 02:57:18 GMT
Reply-To: yhe@eecs.umich.edu (Youda He)
Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor, MI
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Here is the sample program:
main()
{
  char a=255;
  unsigned char b = 255;
  printf("a=%X\n",a);
  printf("b=%X\n",b);
}

The result is 
a=FFFF
b=FF
on dos, by using zortech and mcs, char is 8 bit long, why a looks like 16bit?
what is the difference of char and unsigned char on printf? 

-- Youda