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BYTE Function

Purpose

Returns a single character whose ASCII code corresponds to the specified value.

Syntax

BYTE(x)

Parameters

x is a fixed-point binary integer value.

Description

The BYTE function returns a single character whose ASCII code corresponds to the value x. The index into COLLATE() is taken by considering only the rightmost bits of x (one byte). The BYTE function uses a 256-byte collating string.

Examples

CHAR=BYTE(66)   /* returns 'B' for the American English ASCII collating sequence */

Restrictions

None.

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