Chr()

Syntax

Text$ = Chr(CharacterValue)

Returns a string created with the given character value.

Parameters

CharacterValue

The unicode character value. It must be a value between 0 and $D7FF or between $E000 and $FFFF. The range between $D800 and $DFFF is reserved for surrogate characters.

Return value

Returns a string created with the given character value. If the value is invalid, it will returns an empty string.

Example

  Debug Chr(33) ; Will display "!"

Remarks

A table with all Ascii values and their relating figures may be found here.

This command works in Unicode and then returns the related characters associated to the given value.

  Debug Chr(8364) ; will display "€"
  Debug Chr($BC)  ; will display "¼"
  Debug Chr($BD)  ; will display "½"

Example: Special symbols (icons) and a loop with output of latin letters

  Debug Chr($2630) ; ☰
  Debug Chr($25BC) ; ▼
  For i = 65 To 90
      Debug Chr(i)
  Next

See Also

Asc()

Supported OS

All