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CHR_ACHR  -  Return the character for a given ASCII value

Description:
The given ASCII value is converted to a single returned character in the machine's character set. If no such character exists within the machine's character set, the character code 0 (the ASCII NUL character) is returned.

Invocation:
RESULT = CHR_ACHR( ASCII )

Arguments:
ASCII = INTEGER (Given)
The position of the character within the ASCII character set.

Returned Value:
CHR_ACHR = CHARACTER 1
A character value within the machine's character set.



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CHR Character Handling Routines
Starlink User Note 40
A C Charles
P C T Rees
A J Chipperfield
2 August 1995
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk