ARGC/ARGV Strangeness - Code is working

[pking123-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org]

Below is the code that finally works. I have by now heavily modified 
this program to, first of all, go forward in the list rather than 
backward; as well as to accept a range of numbers rather than a list. 
So, I christen this first effort "backascii.c" :-)

The new, properly-working program is completed and is the one called 
"ascii.c". Thanks to all who made suggestions. Biggest thanks goes to 
Peter Fletcher, who made valuable suggestions, especially regarding 
debugging.

Paul King

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <strings.h>

int main (int argc, char *argv[]) {
   /* this only takes a number as an argument */
   int num = 0;
   int count;
   char p1[5];
   for (count = argc - 1; (count > 0); count--) { 
      strcpy(p1, argv[count]);
      num = atoi(p1);
      printf ("%d\t'%c'\n", num, num);
   }
   return 0;
}


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