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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?

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49 is the ascii value of the character '1'.

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printf "%d\n" 10
printf "%d\n" '10'

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