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Perl function: chr

Syntax:

chr EXPR
chr

Reverse of perl function ord. Used to convert ASCII or Unicode values into their equivalent characters. Unicode character numbers are used for numerical values above 127.
Example:

print chr(76), "\n";
print chr(0x4C), "\n";

Output:

L
L

76 is the Decimal value of letter L and 4C is it's Hexadecimal value.

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