ACHAR (integer-number) Class: Elemental function - Generic Returns the character in a specified position of the ASCII character set, even if the processor's default character set is different. It is the inverse of the IACHAR function. In HP Fortran, ACHAR is equivalent to the CHAR function. The result is of type character of length 1 with the kind type parameter value of KIND ('A'). If I has a value within the range 0 to 127, the result is the character in position I of the ASCII character set.