%CHAR

Return an ASCII character for a numeric expression

WTSupported in traditional Synergy on Windows
WNSupported in Synergy .NET on Windows
USupported on UNIX
VSupported on OpenVMS
character = %CHAR(expression)

Return value

character

The character that corresponds to the ASCII character value of expression. (a)

Arguments

expression

The expression to convert. (n)

Discussion

Expression is evaluated modulo 256. (If it is greater than 255, it is divided by 256 and the remainder is used.) For example, %CHAR(299) is equivalent to %CHAR(43).

%CHAR(0) returns a null character.

Examples

The following code loads the delete character as the initial value in del.

record
    del         ,a1
proc
    del = %char(127)