achar(3I)

NAME
     ACHAR - Returns the character in a specified position of the ASCII
     collating sequence

SYNOPSIS
     ACHAR ([I=]i)

IMPLEMENTATION
     UNICOS, UNICOS/mk, and IRIX systems

STANDARDS
     Fortran 90

DESCRIPTION
     The ACHAR intrinsic function returns the character in a specified
     position of the ASCII collating sequence.  It accepts the following
     argument:

     i    Must be of type integer

     ACHAR is an elemental function.  The name of this intrinsic cannot be
     passed as an argument.

RETURN VALUES
     The result is a character of length 1.  If i has a value in the range
     0 <= i <= 127, the result is the character in position i of the ASCII
     collating sequence.  ACHAR (IACHAR (c)) has the value c for any
     character c capable of representation.

EXAMPLES
     ACHAR(88) has the value 'X'.

SEE ALSO
     Intrinsic Procedures Reference Manual, publication SR-2138, for the
     printed version of this man page.