in reply to Dec to Hex (NON-ASCII mode )

I think you have a perceptual issue. 100(dec) 64(hex) and 0110 0100(bin) are all character representations of the same thing . The value stored in the variable you are displaying. Even when you 'convert' it to binary what you will get is the ascii characters "01100100". 100(dec) is stored in memory as the actual bits 01100100 but if you look at that value it is actually 'd' in ASCII.

The value is not the representation.

Hope this helps some

Misha/Michael - Russian student, grognard, bemused observer of humanity and self professed programmer with delusions of relevance

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