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char

Syntax char (value)

Params value is the object whose datatype you wish to coerce to be a character.

Action Coerces the datatype of value to be char if possible.

Returns A character value.

Examples char (65)

   ť 'A'
65 is the ASCII equivalent for "A."

char ('a')

   ť 'a'
No coercion is necessary; value is already of the right datatype.

for i=33 to 255 {msg (char (i))}

   ť true
Cycles through all ASCII characters from 33 to 255 in the Main Window message area and returns true.

char ("A")

   ť 'A'
A one-character string is coerced to a character.

Errors If value is a string of two or more characters or other value that can't be coerced to a number in the ASCII range of 0-255, an error will be generated.