ACHAR

Elemental Intrinsic Function (Generic): Returns the character in a specified position of the ASCII character set, even if the processor's default character set is different. It is the inverse of the IACHAR function. In Compaq Fortran, ACHAR is equivalent to the CHAR function.

Syntax

result = ACHAR (i)

i
(Input) Is of type integer.

Results:

The result is of type character with length 1; it has the kind parameter value of KIND ('A').

If I has a value within the range 0 to 127, the result is the character in position I of the ASCII character set. ACHAR (IACHAR(C)) has the value C for any character C capable of representation in the processor. For a complete list of ASCII character codes, see Character and Key Code Charts.

Compatibility

CONSOLE STANDARD GRAPHICS QUICKWIN GRAPHICS WINDOWS DLL LIB

See Also: CHAR, IACHAR, ICHAR

Examples

ACHAR (71) has the value 'G'.

ACHAR (63) has the value '?'.