ACHAR(I, KIND)

Purpose

Returns the character in a specified position of the ASCII collating sequence. It is the inverse of the IACHAR function.

Class

Elemental function

Argument type and attributes

I

must be of type integer.

KIND (optional)

must be a scalar integer constant expression.

Result type and attributes

• Character of length one.

• If KIND is present, the kind type parameter is that specified by the value of KIND; otherwise, the KIND type parameter is that of default character type.

Result value

• If I has a value in the range 0 ≤ I ≤ 127, the result is the character in position I of the ASCII collating sequence, provided that the character corresponding to I is representable.
• If I is outside the allowed value range, the result is undefined.