Hex to Binary Conversion

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Hi want some help with this.

If store a Byte, (say "A") into the internal eerom, it is stored as 41(Hex value)

Now I want to work on this value bit wise.

I know that the value of "A" = 10 (Decimal )or %1010 (binary).....

But reading it back in has the value of "%01000001".

Why is this? and how can I convert $A to %1010?

I guess what I am trying to do is convert 7bit ascii to 4 bitascii.. But I could be wrong.

Cheers
J

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Ok I figured it out just after posting! Always the way. I was saving the letter "A" as an ascii char rather than a Hex Char