| Description: | Returns the character in a specified position of the ASCII character set. It is the inverse of the IACHAR function. | ||
| Class: | Elemental function; Generic | ||
| Arguments: | I must be of type integer. | ||
| Results: | The
result type is character of length 1 with 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. | ||
Examples
ACHAR (71) has the value 'G'.
ACHAR (63) has the value '?'.