tlug: simple C

[Jim Schweizer <schweiz@example.com>]

Hi all,

I made the mistake of opening one of those dusty C books tonight
to experiment with some ASCII. Now I'm really confused. Suppose
I have a head.h with:

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schweiz:~/devel/C/scratch$ less head.h
/* This is my li'l header file. */

#define CONFUSED 227
 
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and a test file with:

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schweiz:~/devel/C/scratch$ less htest1.c 
#include <stdio.h>
#include "head.h"

void main()
{
        printf("this guy is confused: %c\n",CONFUSED);
}
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and I compile it with gcc htest1.c -ohtest1

but I get:
schweiz:~/devel/C/scratch$ htest1
this guy is confused: ã

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What I see is an 'a' with a tilde over it, not the pi sign my
ASCII table says I should be getting...

Grrrr, how aggrevating - what am I doing wrong?

Thanks,

Jim S.

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Jim Schweizer <schweiz@example.com>
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