Chr ( ascii )

Returns the character for the given ascii value

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Theo Ros - Show more from this author

Sample input:

Chr ( 64 )

Sample output:

Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

/*-------------------------------------------------------
Returns the character for the given ascii value

Syntax: Chr ( ascii )
Returns the character for ascii value 0-255

Return type: Text

Note: Not all fonts are able to display all characters.
These characters show up as square.

Theo Ros
----------------------------------------------------------*/

Let ( ascii = Mod ( Abs ( GetAsNumber ( ascii ) ) ; 256 ) ;
  If ( ascii = 0 ; "" ;
    Middle ( "☺☻♥♦♣♠•◘○◙♂♀♪♫☼►◄↕" & 
                 "‼\¶§▬↨↑↓→←∟↔▲▼ !\"#$%&'()*+,-./" &
                 "0123456789|;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ" &
                 "RSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" &
                 "{|}~⌂ÇüéâäàåçêëèïîìÄÅÉæÆôöòûùÿÖÜø" &
                 "£Ø×ƒáíóúñÑªº¿®¬½¼¡«»░▒▓│┤ÁÂÀ©╣" & 
                 "║╗╝¢¥┐ü┴┬├─┼ãÃ╚╔╩╦╠═╬¤ðÐÊ" & 
                 "ËÈıÍÎÏ┘┌█▄¦Ì▀ÓßÔÒõÕµþÞÚÛÙýÝ¯´±‗¾¶§" &
                 "÷¸°¨·¹³²■ " ; ascii ; 1 )
  )
)

Returns the character for the given ascii value

Syntax: Chr ( ascii )
Returns the character for ascii value 0-255

Return type: Text

Note: Not all fonts are able to display all characters.
These characters show up as square.

Comments

		Andy Knasinski, Milwaukee, WI Mar 11, 2013
This function seems to cause FMP 11v4 DDR to fail due to high characters in the calc.

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Chr ( ascii )

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