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**SETKEYCHAR(**//keychar//**)**

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| **SETKEYCHAR** | Sets the ASCII character returned by the KEYCHAR procedure. |
| //keychar// | An integer constant, variable, or expression containing the ASCII value of the character to set. |

**SETKEYCHAR** sets the internal ASCII character returned by the KEYCHAR procedure. The character is not put into the keyboard buffer.

**Example:**

**SETKEYCHAR(VAL('A'))     !Set up the keychar procedure to return 'A'**

**See Also:**

[[keychar  return ascii code .htm|KEYCHAR]]