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<TITLE>CHAR</TITLE>
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<P><A NAME="char"></A>
<font size="+3" color="green"><B>CHAR</B></font></P>
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<TD width="15%" valign="top"><B>Syntax</B>:</TD>
<TD width="85%"><CODE>
character = CHAR(scalar)</br>
string = CHAR(vector)</CODE>
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The <CODE>CHAR</CODE> function accepts either a numeric vector
or a numeric scalar as argument. It converts these ASCII decimal codes to the equivalent
characters and returns these characters as a string. The inverse of this function is the
<CODE><a href="ichar.htm">ICHAR</a></CODE> function.</p>
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<font size="+1" color="green">Example</font></P>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFFF"><em>function</em></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#FF9966"><em>result</em></td>
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<td><CODE>CHAR(97)</CODE></td>
<td><font color="orange">a</font></td>
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<td><CODE>CHAR([97:100])</CODE></td>
<td><font color="orange">abcd</font></td>
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<a href="tcase.htm"><img border="0" src="../../shadow_left.gif">
<font size="+1" color="olive">TCASE</font></a><br />
<a href="ichar.htm"><img border="0" src="../../shadow_right.gif">
<font size="+1" color="olive">ICHAR</font></a>
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