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numToChar

the numToChar of posInteger

Value returned: the character whose ASCII equivalent equals posInteger

Examples

the numToChar of 65
numToChar(65)

put charToNum(numToChar(65)) = 65

Demo Script

on nameUpperCase
  ask "Please enter your name:"
  if it is empty then exit nameUpperCase
  answer uppercase(it)
end nameUpperCase
function upperCase whatStr
  repeat with charNum = 1 to the number of chars in whatStr
    put charToNum(char charNum of whatStr) into thisChar
    if thisChar ≥ 97 AND thisChar ≤ 122
    then put numToChar(thisChar - 32) into char charNum of whatStr
  end repeat
  return whatStr
end upperCase

Placeholders

posInteger
An expression that evaluates to a positive integer.

For example:

3
67 mod 13
the number of bg fields
the number of backgrounds
the number of cards div 2

See also: background, bkgnd, button, card, chunk, field, menu, and menuItem

numToChar

Examples

Demo Script

Placeholders

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