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From: "Adam Beneschan" <adam@irvine.com>
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Subject: Re: Char type verification
Date: 16 Nov 2006 17:59:35 -0800
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Jeffrey R. Carter wrote:

> I'm sorry, but I don't accept that someone who's able to write the
> example is unable to ask, "How do you convert a character to an
> integer?"

If they don't yet understand that a character and an integer aren't the
same thing (as they are in C), I can understand how it might be
difficult to think of the right question.

                       -- Adam