NAME¶
ordchr - convert characters to strings and vice versa
SYNOPSIS¶
@load "ordchr"
number = ord("A")
string = chr(65)
DESCRIPTION¶
The
ordchr extension adds two functions named
ord(). and
chr(), as follows.
- ord()
- This function takes a string argument, and returns the numeric value of
the first character in the string.
- chr()
- This function takes a numeric argument and returns a string whose first
character is that represented by the number.
These functions are inspired by the Pascal language functions of the same name.
EXAMPLE¶
@load "ordchr"
...
printf("The numeric value of 'A' is %d\n", ord("A"))
printf("The string value of 65 is %s\n", chr(65))
SEE ALSO¶
GAWK: Effective AWK Programming,
filefuncs(3am),
fnmatch(3am),
fork(3am),
inplace(3am),
readdir(3am),
readfile(3am),
revoutput(3am),
rwarray(3am),
time(3am).
AUTHOR¶
Arnold Robbins,
arnold@skeeve.com.
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