.TH ORDCHR 3am "Jan 15 2013" "Free Software Foundation" "GNU Awk Extension Modules"
.SH NAME
ordchr \- convert characters to strings and vice versa
.SH SYNOPSIS
.ft CW
@load "ordchr"
.sp
number = ord("A")
.br
string = chr(65)
.ft R
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.I ordchr
extension adds two functions named
.BR ord() .
and
.BR chr() ,
as follows.
.TP
.B ord()
This function takes a string argument, and returns the
numeric value of the first character in the string.
.TP
.B chr()
This function takes a numeric argument and returns a string
whose first character is that represented by the number.
.PP
These functions are inspired by the Pascal language functions
of the same name.
.\" .SH NOTES
.\" .SH BUGS
.SH EXAMPLE
.ft CW
.nf
@load "ordchr"
\&...
printf("The numeric value of 'A' is %d\en", ord("A"))
printf("The string value of 65 is %s\en", chr(65))
.fi
.ft R
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR "GAWK: Effective AWK Programming" ,
.IR filefuncs (3am),
.IR fnmatch (3am),
.IR fork (3am),
.IR inplace (3am),
.IR readdir (3am),
.IR readfile (3am),
.IR revoutput (3am),
.IR rwarray (3am),
.IR time (3am).
.SH AUTHOR
Arnold Robbins,
.BR arnold@skeeve.com .
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