multichar set c++
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  <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
  <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7459939/what-do-single-quotes-do-in-c-when-used-on-multiple-characters">What do single quotes do in C++ when used on multiple characters?</a>  </p>
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<p>One of the new students in our University asked me to help hem with some code. <br >
his code: </p>

<pre><code>#include &lt;iostream&gt;
using namespace std;
void main()
{
    cout &lt;&lt; ('/0'); //his mistake - the / is upside down
    system("pause");
}
</code></pre>

<p>(this code was made with VS2008) <br>
he expected to get a blank char, he got 12080. <br>
I fond the mistake, but I still don't understand why he got 12080.</p>

<p>can someone explain this? is it different between platforms? </p>
