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Old 08-08-2005
m0nk3y m0nk3y is offline
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printf returning unknown number
Hi,

Can anybody tell me why this function returns 49?

Code:
printf "%d\n" \'10
I don't understand what the \ and ' are there for?

thanks!!!
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