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Re: Using cout to print hex values; surely you can't be serious

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On 2/8/2012 12:16 AM, Chris Stankevitz wrote:
> char c = 0xFF;

Have you considered that 0xFF is outside the range a signed 'char' is 
guaranteed to represent?  Or is your 'char' unsigned by default?  Just 
checking...

>
> Q1: How do I use cout to print the variable c so that it appears at
> stdout as "FF"?
>
> A1:
> #include<iomanip>
> #include<iostream>
>
>    std::cout<<  std::hex<<  std::setfill('0')<<  std::setw(2)<<
> std::uppercase<<  (static_cast<int>(c)&  0xFF);
>
> Q2: Surely you can't be serious.
>
> A2: I am serious.  And don't call me Shirley.

Similar to "How do I put my trousers on by pulling them over my head?".

Use 'printf', it seems to suit *this particular task* better.

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Using cout to print hex values; surely you can't be serious Chris Stankevitz <chrisstankevitz@gmail.com> - 2012-02-07 21:16 -0800
  Re: Using cout to print hex values; surely you can't be serious gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2012-02-08 03:54 -0800
  Re: Using cout to print hex values; surely you can't be serious Victor Bazarov <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid> - 2012-02-08 08:15 -0500
    Re: Using cout to print hex values; surely you can't be serious gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2012-02-08 06:49 -0800
      Re: Using cout to print hex values; surely you can't be serious "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-02-19 18:24 +0100
        Re: Using cout to print hex values; surely you can't be serious 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2012-02-20 03:19 -0800
          Re: Using cout to print hex values; surely you can't be serious 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2012-02-21 03:08 -0800
    Re: Using cout to print hex values; surely you can't be serious Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-02-08 15:20 +0000
  Re: Using cout to print hex values; surely you can't be serious Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2012-02-08 14:20 +0000
  Re: Using cout to print hex values; surely you can't be serious Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2012-02-09 00:41 -0600
    Re: Using cout to print hex values; surely you can't be serious Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-09 20:22 +1300
      Re: Using cout to print hex values; surely you can't be serious gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2012-02-09 00:16 -0800
        Re: Using cout to print hex values; surely you can't be serious Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-09 21:44 +1300
          Re: Using cout to print hex values; surely you can't be serious Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2012-02-09 10:36 +0000
          Re: Using cout to print hex values; surely you can't be serious gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2012-02-09 03:56 -0800
            Re: Using cout to print hex values; surely you can't be serious scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2012-02-09 17:06 +0000
              Re: Using cout to print hex values; surely you can't be serious Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-02-12 15:59 +0000
    Re: Using cout to print hex values; surely you can't be serious scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2012-02-09 17:04 +0000

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