On 29/12/2007 19:12, der Mouse wrote:
   One of the
recurring issues of ASCII is:
 "What is the ASCII code for newline?" 
 0x0a, one of whose names is NL.  This is well-defined. 
 
No, it isn't :-)
There is no ASCII code for "newline".  0x0A is the code for a line feed
(name "LF").  Some systems treat that as a newline.  But only some :-)
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Pete                                            Peter Turnbull
                                                Network Manager
                                                University of York