Tips for Project 1… (Thanks to Ed Frey!)

1. declare your single char variable as an unsigned short. For example:
   
   

unsigned short inBuffer;

2. declare your input buffer as an array of unsigned char. For example:

unsigned char buffer[100];

3. use fscanf instead of scanf since you will be reading from a file

4. use either the format string “%2hx” or “%02x” Both of these is valid on many systems, but the “%02x” string may not work in your particular implementation. If you have trouble, use “%2hx”.

5. The read in and print out statement may look something like:

fscanf(fin,"%2hx", &inBuffer);

printf("'%02hx'\n",inBuffer);

buffer[i] = (char)inBuffer;