<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!--*********************************************************************** * * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. * * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. * * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite * * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. * * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. * * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code). * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org. If not, see * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. * ************************************************************************--> <helpdocument version="1.0"> <meta> <topic id="textsbasicshared03120102xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Chr Function [Runtime]</title> <filename>/text/sbasic/shared/03120102.xhp</filename> </topic> <history> <created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> <lastedited date="2004-12-13T14:13:52">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited> </history> </meta> <body> <section id="chr"> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149205"><bookmark_value>Chr function</bookmark_value> </bookmark> <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> <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> </section> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149514" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150669" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Chr(Expression As Integer)</paragraph> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3143228" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153824" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">String</paragraph> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148944" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149295" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8"> <emph>Expression:</emph> Numeric variables that represent a valid 8 bit ASCII value (0-255) or a 16 bit Unicode value.</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159414" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Use the <emph>Chr$</emph> function to send special control sequences to a printer or to another output source. You can also use it to insert quotation marks in a string expression.</paragraph> <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154366" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="10">Example:</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3144502" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">sub ExampleChr</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154909" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="12">REM This example inserts quotation marks (ASCII value 34) in a string.</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151380" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">MsgBox "A "+ Chr$(34)+"short" + Chr$(34)+" trip."</paragraph> <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> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154685" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">end sub</paragraph> <section id="relatedtopics"> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10668" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120101.xhp">ASC</link></paragraph> </section> </body> </helpdocument>