The int returned seems to be the ASCII decimal for that char.

this int is 84 this char is T
this int is 101 this char is e
this int is 120 this char is x
this int is 116 this char is t
this int is 82 this char is R
this int is 101 this char is e
this int is 97 this char is a
this int is 100 this char is d
this int is 101 this char is e
this int is 114 this char is r

https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pattis/15-1XX/common/handouts/ascii.html