1ORDCHR(3am)                GNU Awk Extension Modules               ORDCHR(3am)
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NAME

6       ordchr - convert characters to strings and vice versa
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SYNOPSIS

9       @load "ordchr"
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11       number = ord("A")
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DESCRIPTION

15       The  ordchr  extension  adds  two functions named ord().  and chr(), as
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18       ord()  This function takes a string argument, and returns  the  numeric
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21       chr()  This  function  takes  a  numeric  argument and returns a string
22              whose first character is that represented by the number.
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24       These functions are inspired by the Pascal language  functions  of  the
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EXAMPLE

28       @load "ordchr"
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30       printf("The numeric value of 'A' is %d\n", ord("A"))
31       printf("The string value of 65 is %s\n", chr(65))
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SEE ALSO

34       GAWK:   Effective   AWK   Programming,   filefuncs(3am),  fnmatch(3am),
35       fork(3am), inplace(3am), readdir(3am),  readfile(3am),  revoutput(3am),
36       rwarray(3am), time(3am).
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AUTHOR

39       Arnold Robbins, arnold@skeeve.com.
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