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HP COBOL II/XL Quick Reference Guide

CHAR 

The CHAR function returns a one-character alphanumeric value that is a
character in the program collating sequence having the ordinal position
equal to the value of parameter-1.  The function type is alphanumeric.

Syntax 

     FUNCTION CHAR (parameter-1)

Parameters 

parameter-1           Must be an integer.  Must be greater than zero and
                      less than or equal to the number of positions in
                      the collating sequence.

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