Return either a single or a string of character from the extended ASCII table.
$ = #m#$h#on
$ = Chr[$](m [,$h [,&on [,%b…]]])
| m | : Decimal integer |
| $h | : hexadecimal integer |
| on, &on | : Octal integer |
| %b | : Binary integer |
Both these structures return a single character or a character string, determined by the arguments passed. The Pascal-type # can take values in decimal, hexadecimal and octal, while the more traditional basic Chr() function can accept all those plus binary.
Global a$ = "Text 1" #13#10 "Text 2" #13#10
a$ = a$ & #50#$32#o62
Print a$
is equivalent to:
Global a$ = "Text 1" & Chr(13) & Chr(10) & "Text 2" & Chr(13, 10)
a$ = a$ & Chr(50, $32, &o62)
Print a$
Print #123 causes an error as the program confuses the # for a stream number and gives an error. However Print #123#125 does work.
The # (hash) character has many other uses as well. It is used with formatting strings, file channels (see Open), and Date literals (#23.07.2000#).
Asc(), Mk1$(), Mki$(),Mkl$(), Mks$(), Mkd$()
{Created by Sjouke Hamstra; Last updated: 02/10/2017 by James Gaite}