From 02cbf787f065a5f9bd1a3879ae79e51c15057747 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: olp-cs <162949+olp-cs@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 21:18:30 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Improve the hints in `fmt` (1.2.3. Formatting); mention type
 casting

---
 src/hello/print/fmt.md | 14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/hello/print/fmt.md b/src/hello/print/fmt.md
index b6f6760611..2d5748506c 100644
--- a/src/hello/print/fmt.md
+++ b/src/hello/print/fmt.md
@@ -78,13 +78,18 @@ RGB (0, 3, 254) 0x0003FE
 RGB (0, 0, 0) 0x000000
 ```
 
-Three hints if you get stuck:
+Two hints if you get stuck:
 
-* The formula for calculating a color in the RGB color space is:
-`RGB = (R*65536)+(G*256)+B , (when R is RED, G is GREEN and B is BLUE)`.
-For more see [RGB color format & calculation][rgb_color].
 * You [may need to list each color more than once][named_parameters].
 * You can [pad with zeros to a width of 2][fmt_width] with `:0>2`.
+For hexadecimals, you can use `:02X`.
+
+Bonus:
+
+* If you would like to experiment with [type casting][type_casting] in advance,
+the formula for [calculating a color in the RGB color space][rgb_color] is
+`RGB = (R * 65_536) + (G * 256) + B`, where `R is RED, G is GREEN, and B is BLUE`.
+An unsigned 8-bit integer (`u8`) can only hold numbers up to 255. To cast `u8` to `u32`, you can write `variable_name as u32`.
 
 ### See also:
 
@@ -96,3 +101,4 @@ For more see [RGB color format & calculation][rgb_color].
 [fmt]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/fmt/
 [fmt_traits]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/fmt/#formatting-traits
 [fmt_width]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/fmt/#width
+[type_casting]: ../../types/cast.md