6.5 ACHAR — Character in ASCII collating sequence

Description:

ACHAR(I) returns the character located at position I in the ASCII collating sequence.

Standard:

F77 and later

Class:

Elemental function

Syntax:

RESULT = ACHAR(I)

Arguments:

I	The type shall be INTEGER(*).

Return value:

The return value is of type CHARACTER with a length of one. The kind type parameter is the same as KIND('A').

Example:

          program test_achar
            character c
            c = achar(32)
          end program test_achar
     

Note:

See ICHAR for a discussion of converting between numerical values and formatted string representations.

See also:

CHAR, IACHAR, ICHAR