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**CHR(**//code, [unicode]//**)**

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| **CHR** | Returns the display character. |
| //code// | A numeric expression containing a numeric ASCII character code. |

| //Unicode// | If omitted or equal to zero CHR returns 1 **ANSI** character, if not equal to zero CHR returns 1 **Unicode** character. |

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The **CHR** procedure returns either a single ANSI or Unicode character represented by the //code// parameter.

| **Return Data Type:** | ANSI or Unicode character |

| **Example:** |  |

Stringvar = CHR(122)          !returns ANSI z

Stringvar = CHR(65)                  !returns ANSI A

UstringVar = CHR(1046,1)        !returns CYRILLIC letter ZHE Ж

UstringVar = CHR(931,1)        !returns GREEK letter SIGMA Σ

**See Also:**

[[val  return ascii value .htm|VAL]]

[[codepage.htm|Codepage]]

[[prop locale.htm|LocaleID]]