6.38 CHAR — Character conversion function

Description:

CHAR(I [, KIND]) returns the character represented by the integer I.

Standard:

F77 and later

Class:

Elemental function

Syntax:

RESULT = CHAR(I [, KIND])

Arguments:

I	The type shall be INTEGER(*).
KIND	(Optional) An INTEGER(*) initialization expression indicating the kind parameter of the result.

Return value:

The return value is of type CHARACTER(1)

Example:

          program test_char
              integer :: i = 74
              character(1) :: c
              c = char(i)
              print *, i, c ! returns 'J'
          end program test_char
     

Note:

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

See also:

ACHAR, IACHAR, ICHAR