character

 

 

Overview

The character function converts an argument {obj} into a Character value.

Usage

The character function is used to convert an object to a Character value. Numeric values are reduced to the 256 valid ASCII values. If the argument is already a Character, no conversion is performed.

 

Syntax

Expression: (character obj)

Arguments Name Type Description
Argument:objCharacter String Symbol Vector BitVector ByteVector IntVector Void FltVector ObjVector Structure Dictionary Directory Brick Pair List Matrix NumMatrix Integer Float Number Complex Boolean The object to be converted.

Returns:

Returns a character value.


 

Examples

Here are a number of links to Lambda coding examples which contain this instruction in various use cases.

 

Argument Types

Here are the links to the data types of the function arguments.

Character String Symbol Integer
Float Number Complex Boolean

Here are also a number of links to functions having arguments with any of these data types.

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