DelphiBasics Chr Function Convert an integer into a character System unit

1  function Chr(IntValue Integer):AnsiChar; 2  function Chr (IntValue Integer:WideChar;

Description The Chr function converts an IntValue integer into either an AnsiChar or WideChar as appropriate. Notes The ansi character set includes control characters such as Chr(27) meaning escape. Chr(65) gives 'A' Note that ^A is equivalent to Char(1). Related commands Char Variable type holding a single character Ord Provides the Ordinal value of an integer, character or enum Val Converts number strings to integer and floating point values  Download this web site as a Windows program.

Example code : Showing Chr and ^ usage var   tab  : char;   crlf : string; begin   // Show the use of Chr   tab := Chr(9);   crlf := Chr(13)+Chr(10);   ShowMessage('Hello'+tab+'World');   ShowMessage('');   ShowMessage('Hello'+crlf+'World');   ShowMessage('');   // Show the equivalent use of ^   tab := ^I;  // I = 9th capital of the alphabet   crlf := ^M^J;  // M = 13th, J = 10th letters   ShowMessage('Hello'+tab+'World');   ShowMessage('');   ShowMessage('Hello'+crlf+'World'); end; Show full unit code   Hello World      Hello   World      Hello World      Hello   World

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