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In <4cojnn$rgd@lugb.latrobe.edu.au> csigjb@luxor.latrobe.edu.au ()
writes: 
>
>I have two C problems.
>
>PROBLEM 1 :
>

Didn't have time to look at problem 1 yet, but as to problem 2:

>PROBLEM 2 :
>
>const escape=27;
>const cr=13;
>const bs=8;
>
>while (ch!=cr)
>{
>     .
>     .
>     .
>}
>
>while (ch!=escape)
>{
>     .
>     .
>     .
>}
>
>If I replace the 27 with \27' or the 13 with '\13' then these loops
don't
>work i.e. an infinite loop results. WHY?
>
>Also if I want to do somthing like this : puts("\24 \25"); which
should
>print the up and down arrows on the screen (ASCII 24 and 25), but no,
it
>prints some other ASCII characters. As far as I can tell C has its own
>unique character table, at least for the control characters. WHY?
>
>Sometimes I wonder whether some one needs to go back an rewrite the
damn
>language so that it works sensibly and predictably like Pascal can be
>relied upon to do.

Actually, the "damn language" IS working sensibly and predictably! Read
up on C escape sequences. 

int i = 27;     /* i has the decimal value of 27 */
int i = \27;    /* i has the decimal value of 23 (\27 is the octal */  
                /* representation of decimal 23) */
int i = \x27    /* i has the decimal value of 39 */