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| <h3 class="section">8.46 <code>CHAR</code> — Character conversion function</h3> |
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| <p><a name="index-CHAR-515"></a><a name="index-conversion_002c-to-character-516"></a> |
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| <dt><em>Description</em>:<dd><code>CHAR(I [, KIND])</code> returns the character represented by the integer <var>I</var>. |
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| <br><dt><em>Standard</em>:<dd>Fortran 77 and later |
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| <br><dt><em>Class</em>:<dd>Elemental function |
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| <br><dt><em>Syntax</em>:<dd><code>RESULT = CHAR(I [, KIND])</code> |
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| <br><dt><em>Arguments</em>:<dd> |
| <p><table summary=""><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="15%"><var>I</var> </td><td valign="top" width="70%">The type shall be <code>INTEGER</code>. |
| <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="15%"><var>KIND</var> </td><td valign="top" width="70%">(Optional) An <code>INTEGER</code> initialization |
| expression indicating the kind parameter of the result. |
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| <br><dt><em>Return value</em>:<dd>The return value is of type <code>CHARACTER(1)</code> |
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| <br><dt><em>Example</em>:<dd> |
| <pre class="smallexample"> program test_char |
| integer :: i = 74 |
| character(1) :: c |
| c = char(i) |
| print *, i, c ! returns 'J' |
| end program test_char |
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| <br><dt><em>Specific names</em>:<dd> |
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| <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="20%"><code>CHAR(I)</code> </td><td valign="top" width="20%"><code>INTEGER I</code> </td><td valign="top" width="20%"><code>CHARACTER(LEN=1)</code> </td><td valign="top" width="25%">F77 and later |
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| <br><dt><em>Note</em>:<dd>See <a href="ICHAR.html#ICHAR">ICHAR</a> for a discussion of converting between numerical values |
| and formatted string representations. |
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| <br><dt><em>See also</em>:<dd><a href="ACHAR.html#ACHAR">ACHAR</a>, <a href="IACHAR.html#IACHAR">IACHAR</a>, <a href="ICHAR.html#ICHAR">ICHAR</a> |
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