On Thursday 14 September 2006 12:41, Robert Cummings wrote: > On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 19:26 +0200, Norbert Wenzel wrote: > > Hi, > > > > just for fun I tried the following code: > > > > <code> > > for($letter = 'A'; $letter <= 'Z'; ++$letter) { > > echo($letter . ' '); > > } > > </code> > > > > What surprised me was the output, which looked like this: > > > > A B C [...] Y Z AA AB AC [...] YY YZ > > > > I don't have any idea how these letters get printed out, so I'd > > appreciate any guesses or explanations. > > Read the manual and search the archives, this was beaten to a bloody > pulp several months ago. (Hint: this DOESN'T work like ascii in C). > > Cheers, > Rob. I was typing up my response before yours came in... looks like I made the spoiler ;) Later, -- Ray Hauge Programmer/Systems Administrator American Student Loan Services www.americanstudentloan.com 1.800.575.1099 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php