Generating a Nonprinting Character with the CHAR Function

ID: Q49528


The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft FORTRAN for MS-DOS, versions 4.0, 4.01, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1
  • Microsoft FORTRAN PowerStation for MS-DOS, versions 1.0, 1.0a
  • Microsoft Fortran Powerstation 32 for Windows NT, versions 1.0, 4.0
  • Microsoft FORTRAN for OS/2, versions 4.0, 4.01, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1


SUMMARY

An application developed in Microsoft FORTRAN can use the CHAR intrinsic function to create any character in the ASCII character set including the so-called "control" characters. The CHAR intrinsic function takes an INTEGER as an argument and returns a CHARACTER.

The following code example sends a nonprinting character, a carriage return, to the screen.

Sample Code


C Compile options needed: None

      WRITE (*, '(1X, A1)') CHAR(13)
      END 

Additional query words: kbinf 1.00 4.00 4.01 4.10 5.00 5.10 ASCII ctrl- z escape esc lf linefeed

Keywords : kbFortranPS kbLangFortran
Version : :1.0,1.0a,4.0,4.01,4.1,5.0,5.1
Platform : MS-DOS NT OS/2 WINDOWS
Issue type :


Last Reviewed: November 2, 1999
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