Chr function
Summary
Character for code.
Syntax
Chr(charcode)
ChrB(charcode)
ChrW(charcode)
The required charcode argument is a Long that identifies a character.
ChrW(charcode)
The required charcode argument is a Long that identifies a character.
Example
Remarks
Numbers from 0–31 are the same as standard, nonprintable ASCII codes. For example, Chr(10) returns a linefeed character. The normal range for charcode is 0–255. However, on DBCS systems, the actual range for charcode is -32768–65535.
Note
The ChrB function is used with byte data contained in a String. Instead of returning a character, which may be one or two bytes, ChrB always returns a single byte.
The ChrW function returns a String containing the Unicode character except on platforms where Unicode is not supported, in which case, the behavior is identical to the Chr function.
Note
Visual Basic for the Macintosh does not support Unicode strings. Therefore, ChrW(n) cannot return all Unicode characters for n values in the range of 128–65,535, as it does in the Windows environment. Instead, ChrW(n) attempts a "best guess" for Unicode values n greater than 127. Therefore, you should not use ChrW in the Macintosh environment.
The functions Asc(), AscB(), and AscW() are the opposite of Chr(), ChrB(), and ChrW(). The Asc() functions convert a string to an integer.
Numbers from 0–31 are the same as standard, nonprintable ASCII codes. For example, Chr(10) returns a linefeed character. The normal range for charcode is 0–255. However, on DBCS systems, the actual range for charcode is -32768–65535.
Note
The ChrB function is used with byte data contained in a String. Instead of returning a character, which may be one or two bytes, ChrB always returns a single byte.
The ChrW function returns a String containing the Unicode character except on platforms where Unicode is not supported, in which case, the behavior is identical to the Chr function.
Note
Visual Basic for the Macintosh does not support Unicode strings. Therefore, ChrW(n) cannot return all Unicode characters for n values in the range of 128–65,535, as it does in the Windows environment. Instead, ChrW(n) attempts a "best guess" for Unicode values n greater than 127. Therefore, you should not use ChrW in the Macintosh environment.
The functions Asc(), AscB(), and AscW() are the opposite of Chr(), ChrB(), and ChrW(). The Asc() functions convert a string to an integer.