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Chr - convert an integer into a character system unit
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1 function Chr ( IntValue : Integer ) : AnsiChar;
2 function Chr ( IntValue : Integer ) : WideChar;
Description
The Chr function converts an IntValue integer into either an AnsiChar or WideChar as appropriate.
Notes
The ansi character set includes control characters such as Chr(27) meaning escape.
Char(65) gives 'A'
Note that ^A is equivalent to Char(1).
Related commands
Char Variable type holding a single character
Ord Provides the Ordinal value of an integer, character or enum
Val Converts number strings to integer and floating point values
Example code : Showing Chr and ^ usage
var
tab : char;
crlf : string;
begin
// Show the use of Chr
tab := Chr(9);
crlf := Chr(13)+Chr(10);
ShowMessage('Hello'+tab+'World');
ShowMessage('');
ShowMessage('Hello'+crlf+'World');
ShowMessage('');
// Show the equivalent use of ^
tab := ^I; // I = 9th capital of the alphabet
crlf := ^M^J; // M = 13th, J = 10th letters
ShowMessage('Hello'+tab+'World');
ShowMessage('');
ShowMessage('Hello'+crlf+'World');
end;
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