compare characters (or string) in "if" function

ToddL1962:
Doesn't matter how many bytes. Base 12 is an unusual base. I'm used to working in decimal (Base 10) or hexadecimal (base 16).

Oh ok, thanks for that info! So I better change that to 16, I will try that?
A serial.print of both 'a' and 'b' gave 65 each.