Char

Synopsis

     type
       Char  { built-in type }

Description

The built-in type Char holds elements of the operating system's character set (usually ASCII). The Char type is a special case of ordinal type. Conversion between character types and ordinal types is possible with the built-in functions Ord and Chr.

Conforming to

Char is defined in ISO 7185 Pascal and supported by all known Pascal variants.

Example

     program CharDemo;
     var
       a: Char;
     begin
       a := 'x';
       WriteLn (a)
     end.

See also

Character Types, Ordinal Types, Type Casts, Ord, Chr.