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30<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Chr Function [Runtime]</title>
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34<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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40<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149205"><bookmark_value>Chr function</bookmark_value>
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42<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149205" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120102.xhp" name="Chr Function [Runtime]">Chr Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
43<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153311" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Returns the character that corresponds to the specified character code.</paragraph>
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45<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149514" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
46<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150669" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Chr(Expression As Integer)</paragraph>
47<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3143228" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
48<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153824" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">String</paragraph>
49<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148944" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
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51<emph>Expression:</emph> Numeric variables that represent a valid 8 bit ASCII value (0-255) or a 16 bit Unicode value.</paragraph>
52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159414" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Use the <emph>Chr$</emph> function to send special control sequences to a printer or to another output source. You can also use it to insert quotation marks in a string expression.</paragraph>
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55<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154366" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="10">Example:</paragraph>
56<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3144502" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">sub ExampleChr</paragraph>
57<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154909" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="12">REM This example inserts quotation marks (ASCII value 34) in a string.</paragraph>
58<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151380" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">MsgBox "A "+ Chr$(34)+"short" + Chr$(34)+" trip."</paragraph>
59<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145174" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">REM The printout appears in the dialog as: A "short" trip.</paragraph>
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62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10668" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120101.xhp">ASC</link></paragraph>
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