CHR$

A function which returns a string of length 1 containing the ASCII character specified by the least significant byte of the numeric argument.

A$=CHR$(72)
B$=CHR$(12)
C$=CHR$(A/200)

CHR$ generates an ASCII character (symbol, letter, number character, control character, etc) from the number given. The number specifies the position of the generated character in the ASCII table. For example:

char$=CHR$(65)

will set char$ equal to the character 'A'. You can use CHR$ to send a special character to the terminal or printer. (Generally, VDU is better for sending characters to the screen). For example,

CHR$(7)

will generate the ASCII character ^G.

CHR$ is the complement of ASC.

Syntax

<s-var>=CHR$(<numeric>)

Associated Keywords