PERL chr Function

Syntax

chr EXPR chr

Definition and Usage

Returns the character represented by the numeric value of EXPR, or $_ if omitted, according to the current character set. Note that the character number will use the Unicode character numbers for numerical values above 127.

Return Value

• Returns the Character corresponding to the numeric value of EXPR.

Example

#!/usr/bin/perl print chr (35); print "n"; print chr (38); print "n"; print chr (40);

It will produce following result

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