IACHAR

This function returns the integer ASCII value of a character argument.

Function Return Value

IACHAR — Integer ASCII value for CH. (Output)
The character CH is in the IACHAR‑th position of the ASCII collating sequence.

Required Arguments

CH — Character argument for which the integer ASCII value is desired. (Input)

FORTRAN 90 Interface

Generic: IACHAR (CH)

Specific: The specific interface name is IACHAR.

FORTRAN 77 Interface

Single: IACHAR (CH)

Description

Routine IACHAR returns the ASCII value of the input character.

Example

This example gives the ASCII value of character A.

 

USE IACHAR_INT

 

IMPLICIT NONE

INTEGER NOUT

CHARACTER CH

!

CALL UMACH (2, NOUT)

! Get ASCII value for the character

! 'A'.

CH = 'A'

WRITE (NOUT,99999) CH, IACHAR(CH)

!

99999 FORMAT (' For the character ', A1, ' the ASCII value is : ', &

I3)

END

Output

 

For the character A the ASCII value is : 65