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ACHAR

 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.