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ASCII Character

The ASCII Character command returns the ASCII character associated with a specified number. It is one of several commands provided by the String Commands scripting addition.

SYNTAX

ASCII character integer

PARAMETER

integer

An expression that evaluates to an integer between 1 and 255.
Class: Integer

RESULT

The character that corresponds to the specified ASCII number.

EXAMPLES

ASCII character 100 
--result: "d"ASCII character 101
--result: "e"

ERRORS

Error number	Error message
-108	Out of memory.
-1700	Can't make some data into the expected type.
-1701	Some parameter is missing for <commandName>.
-1704	Some parameter was invalid.
-1705	Operation involving a list item failed.
-1718	Reply has not yet arrived.
-1720	Invalid range.