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CHR_ABBRV
-- Return whether two strings are equal apart from case, permitting abbreviation.
CHR_ACHR
-- Return the character for a given ASCII value.
CHR_ATOK
-- Return the character for a given ASCII character token.
CHR_ATOM
-- Translate a string from ASCII to machine's characters set.
CHR_BTOI
-- Read an INTEGER value from a binary string.
CHR_DTOAN
-- Write a DOUBLE PRECISION value into a string as hr/deg:min:sec.
CHR_FIND
-- Find the next occurrence of a given substring within a string.
CHR_IACHR
-- Return the ASCII value for a given character.
CHR_ITOB
-- Encode an INTEGER value as a binary string.
CHR_ITOH
-- Encode an INTEGER value as a hexadecimal string.
CHR_ITOO
-- Encode an INTEGER value as an octal string.
CHR_LINBR
-- Break a line of text into a sequence of shorter lines.
CHR_MTOA
-- Translate a string from machine's characters set to ASCII.
CHR_NTH
-- Return the two-character abbreviation for a specified integer.
CHR_PFORM
-- Reformat a paragraph to a new width.
CHR_PREFX
-- Prefix a string with a substring.
CHR_RJUST
-- Right-justify a string.
CHR_RMCHR
-- Remove all specified characters from a string.
CHR_SCOMP
-- Compare two character strings using the ASCII character set.
CHR_SKCHR
-- Skip over all specified characters in a string.
CHR_SORT
-- Sort an array of character strings into alphabetical order.
CHR_TOCHR
-- Skip to the next specified character in a string.
CHR_TRCHR
-- Translate the specified characters in a string.
CHR_WILD
-- Return whether a string matches a wild-card pattern.



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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