Aazure.663 net.bugs.4bsd utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:CAD:teklabs!tekmdp!azure!steveg Mon Mar 29 18:27:25 1982 Vax printf undocumented feature I just noticed that on the Vax (4.1bsd) printf, if you use an upper case letter in a hex format (e.g. "%X" or "%08X" or similar) you get the letter portion on the hex stuff in upper case, while if you use the lower case letter in the format (e.g. "%lx" or "%08lx") you get lower case hex letters. On our V7 11/70 (teklabs), you always get lower case hex letters (although I don't remember whether we fixed that or it came that way). I have not actually looked at the code, just observed external behavior. I like the ability to specify the style of letters since I like lower case (although lots of folks consider this a religious issue). I'm not sure I go along with 4.1bsd in how you specify the conversion - it would have problems working on 11's when you want upper case integer (16 bit) output. steveg glaser ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.