I did not ignore it. I used an example that more clearly demonstrates the process.

Well, I kind of asked a yes/or no question, and then I got lost in your answer.

On third look just use it and the code will do the right thing. seems to answer that sprintf %x will return the same string on all machines

How am I supposed to distinguish which is the typo?

I don't think you are, I kind of think I pointed out what I wanted when I when I realized I made the typo

Thanks