Language Reference

ACHAR(I)

Returns the character in a specified position of the ASCII collating sequence. It is the inverse of the IACHAR function.

I

must be of type integer.

Class

Elemental function

Result Type and Attributes

Character of length one with the same kind type parameter as KIND ('A').

Result Value

• If I has a value in the range 0 <= I <= 127, the result is the character in position I of the ASCII collating sequence, provided that the character corresponding to I is representable.
• If I is outside the allowed value range, the result is undefined.

Examples

ACHAR (88) has the value 'X'.