Reuben Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I'm not sure if this is a bug, but
>
> printf "%c" 49
>
> prints
>
> 4

This is correct.  %c treats the argument as a string and prints the first
character of it.

Andreas.

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