A C output

Question

Who does explain me why in C this:

printf("\x61");

outputs "a"?

Answer 1

61 is hexadecimal for 97 which is the ascii number of a.

Answer 2

printf("%c",0x61); produces the same.

Answer 3

\x61 is basically the (6*16+1*1)th ASCII character, which is a

Answer 4

escape sequence used

Answer 5

Just to add a tiny bit more explanation, the \x pc in front of 61 is what says it’s hexadecimal, rather than just printing the number 61.