Expression for indexed access is `<var/str>[<idx>][r][<bitness>]` Lets say str - "String" str[3] is 'i' str[3]r is 'r' str[3]8 is 'i' str[3]r8 is 'r' str[2]16 is 'n'+('g'<<8) str[2]r16 is 't'+('S'<<8) Bitness of non power of two is considerable.