5.3.9 String defined by the ASCII codes of its characters: char
The char command translates ASCII codes to strings.
-
char takes one argument:
c, an integer representing an ASCII code or a list of ASCII codes.
- char(c) returns the string whose character has ASCII code
c or whose characters have ASCII codes the elements of the list c.
Example.
Input:
char([97,98,99,100])
Output:
Input:
char(97)
Output:
Note that there are 256 ASCII codes, 0 through 255. If asc
is given an integer c not in that range, it will use the integer in
that range which equals c modulo 256.
Input:
char(353)
Output:
because 353−256=97.