IACHAR (The GNU Fortran Compiler) (original) (raw)

Synopsis:

RESULT = IACHAR(C [, KIND])

Description:

IACHAR(C) returns the code for the ASCII character in the first character position of C.

Class:

Elemental function

Arguments:

C	Shall be a scalar CHARACTER, with INTENT(IN)
KIND	(Optional) A scalar INTEGER constant expression indicating the kind parameter of the result.

Return value:

The return value is of type INTEGER and of kind KIND. IfKIND is absent, the return value is of default integer kind.

Example:

program test_iachar integer i i = iachar(' ') end program test_iachar

Notes:

See ICHAR — Character-to-integer conversion function for a discussion of converting between numerical values and formatted string representations.

Standard:

Fortran 95 and later, with KIND argument Fortran 2003 and later