Platform | x64, Win32, .NET |
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Purpose |
To get the character in a given position of the collating sequence associated with the specified kind type parameter. |
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Class |
Elemental function. |
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Syntax |
CHARACTER FUNCTION CHAR(I [,KIND]) |
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Description |
I represents the position in the collating sequence numbering from zero. KIND is optional and can be used to specify the (scalar) kind type parameter of the character set. If KIND is not present the default character set is used. CHAR is the inverse of the intrinsic function ICHAR . |
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Return value |
The result is a character of length one. |
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Example |
CHAR(97) gives 'a' when used with the ASCII collating sequence. |