Steve, goto www.rsyntax.com and select the online documentation for your version. One there select the item "ASCII CHART". This will give you the first 128 characters of the standard ASCII standard. IBM also crated and expanded ASCII definition for character codes 129 to 256. I get mine from an old hard copy of the RBase v5.5 user manual.
Jim Bentley --- Steve Breen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Larry, > > Now I have an understanding but how do you know all the codes. > > IE: What does would this do? > > (CHAR(10)) > > Thanks > > Steve > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] on behalf of Lawrence Lustig > Sent: Sun 3/9/2008 11:33 AM > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: CHAR > > > << > Can any one let me know where I can learn more about how CHAR > works. > >> > > Each character on the computer is represented internally by a > numerical code. That's true of all the letters, numbers, > symbols, and various non-printable characters. For instance, > "A" is, I believe number 65 (lower case "a" is something > else). > > Normally, you can just manipulate characters in R:Base using > text values: > > SET VAR vMyChar = "A" > > Sometimes, however, you need to insert non-printable (and > non-typeable) characters into a text string. For instance, > you often need to insert a carriage return (character number > 13) into a text string to cause wrapping at a particular > location. This won't work: > > SET VAR vMyString = "Wrap Text (Hey, Carriage Return Here) > Before This Word" > > R:Base allows you to "create" an instance of any character > using the CHAR function. You feed in an integer stating which > character you're trying to create, and the return value of the > CHAR function will be that character: > > SET VAR vMyString = "Wrap Text" + (CHAR(13)) + "Before This > Word" > > Hope this is what you were looking for. > -- > Larry > > > Jim Bentley American Celiac Society [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: 1-504-737-3293 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
