IACHAR — Code in ASCII collating sequence

Description

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

Syntax

RESULT = IACHAR(C [, KIND])

Arguments

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

Return value

The return value is of type INTEGER and of kind KIND. If KIND 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 for a discussion of converting between numerical values and formatted string representations.

Standard

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

Class

Elemental function

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