Language Reference

CHAR(I, KIND)

Returns the character in the given position of the collating sequence associated with the specified kind type parameter. It is the inverse of the function ICHAR.

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I

must be of type integer with a value in the range 0 <= I <= 127.

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KIND (optional)

must be a scalar integer initialization expression.

Class

Elemental function

Result Type and Attributes

• Character of length one.
• If KIND is present, the kind type parameter is that specified by KIND; otherwise, the kind type parameter is that of the default character type.

Result Value

• The result is the character in position I of the collating sequence associated with the specified kind type parameter.
• ICHAR (CHAR (I, KIND (C))) must have the value I for 0 <= I <= 127 and CHAR (ICHAR (C), KIND (C)) must have the value C for any representable character.

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Examples

CHAR (88) has the value 'X'.

Notes:

1. IBM Extension: the ability to specify a nondefault integer argument.

2. XL Fortran supports only the ASCII collating sequence.

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