Re: printf '\41' erroneously fails

[Ben Harris]

On Sun, 20 Apr 2003, Bob Proulx wrote:

> > IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition states that in printf(1) format strings:
> >
> > # ... "\ddd" , where ddd is a one, two, or three-digit octal number,
> > # shall be written as a byte with the numeric value specified by the
> > # octal number.
> > <http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009696899/utilities/printf.html>
>
> Are you refering to this item?
>
>     "\0ddd" , where ddd is a zero, one, two, or three-digit octal
>     number that shall be converted to a byte with the numeric value
>     specified by the octal number

No.  That's the description of the %b conversion specifier.  Look at
item 3 in the EXTENDED DESCRIPTION, about 15 lines higher up.

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