General questions

[Justin]

Originally Posted by fundorin

We have dec int position with value 11. Printed as double.
We write position into num1 in hex format as a string, adding "\x" in front and making it two characters, minimum. Printed as a string.
We write num1 into num2 in string format as a string. Printed as a string.
We assign "\x0B" text string as a value to num3. Cannot be printed as a string. Why?!
If we convert it into string with a function, then it can be printed as a string.
How come that direct assignment makes that "\x0B" string a hex value for oscii-bot?

I think the key here is that num1 and num2 refer to strings that are 4 bytes long ("\", "x", "0", and "B"), and num3 refers to a 1 byte string with the value of 11. If you want it to be a 4 byte string, you could use "\\x0B" instead of "\x0B". Does that help?