Re: 'h' modifier in printf

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From: Dan Pop
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 03:14

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In <4i99vc$91r@solutions.solon.com> dickey@clark.net (T.E.Dickey) writes:

>Michael J Zehr (tada@athena.mit.edu) wrote:
>: The "h" modifier says the corresponding argument will be printed as a
>: short or unsigned short.
>...
>: short s;
>: printf("%d", s);
>: printf("%hd", s);
>... 
>: Can these two ever be different?  I'm aware of course that the short is
>: widened to an int during the function call, but this preserves the
>: value.

>sure can -- you're overlooking sign extension

How much time did you spent thinking, before posting this pearl of wisdom?

Dan
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