A-M baby

Task/Character-codes/Metafont/character-codes.metafont

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+message "enter a letter: ";
+string a;
+a := readstring;
+message decimal (ASCII a); % writes the decimal number of the first character
+                           % of the string a
+message "enter a number: ";
+num := scantokens readstring;
+message char num;   % num can be anything between 0 and 255; what will be seen
+                    % on output depends on the encoding used by the "terminal"; e.g.
+                    % any code beyond 127 when UTF-8 encoding is in use will give
+                    % a bad encoding; e.g. to see correctly an "è", we should write
+message char10;  % (this add a newline...)
+message char hex"c3" & char hex"a8";  % since C3 A8 is the UTF-8 encoding for "è"
+end