Chr$

chr$ converts a numeric value into a string character having this value as a code.

Syntax

   chr$(INTEGER_EXPR)

• INTEGER_EXPR is an integer expression with a value in the [0,65535] range.

Examples

   # Let's get the latin upper case alphabet:
   Local Char ALPHABET(30)
   ALPHABET = sigma( I = 65, 90, chr$(I) )

   # Let's assign tab as fields separator and carriage return+line feed as record separator
   # in a script that reads an ascii file with the abbreviation [RD]
   Iomode adxifs chr$(9)           Using [RD]
   Iomode adxirs chr$(13)+chr$(10) Using [RD]

Description

chr$ returns a character with the UCS2 code corresponding to the argument. If the argument value is in [0,255] range, it corresponds to the ASCII table.

chr$ is the reverse function of ASCII.

When set to chr$(0), chr$ returns an empty string.

The result of this function has the Char type.

Associated errors

See also

ascii, string$, adxium, Iomode.