Extracts the first ASCII character of a string or converts an integer to a char.
CharA ( n )
Argument |
Description |
|---|---|
n |
A string that begins with the character you want, an integer you want to convert to a character, or a blob in which the first value is a string or integer. The rest of the contents of the string or blob is ignored. N can also be an Any variable containing a string, integer, or blob. |
Char. Returns the first character of n. If n is null, CharA returns null.
This example sets ls_S to an asterisk, the character corresponding to the ASCII value 42:
string ls_S
ls_S = CharA(42)
These statements generate delivery codes A to F for the values 1 through 6 of li_DeliveryNbr:
string ls_Delivery
integer li_DeliveryNbr
FOR li_DeliveryNbr = 1 to 6
ls_Delivery = CharA(64 + li_DeliveryNbr)
... // Additional processing of ls_Delivery
NEXT
