Chr

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting RKreiss1 (Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:46:57 -0500):

> Looking at the character table in fp 5.6.07 help, it indicates that
> chr("251") is either a check mark of the square root sign  hex FB.  This is
> fine with me as it suites my purpose either way.
>
> However when I use it in programming, ck=chr("251") it displays as left
> brace { which is chr('123") hex 7B.
>
> What I am doing is having items selected from a list box and I wanted to add
> a checkmark next to the item(s) selected.
>
> What I would like to know, is why I am not getting the expected character.

What O/S?  If this is Windows, then I would expect the square root sign.
If this is *nix, then you have to find out from your terminal emulator
what character set it is displaying.

-- 
Kenneth Brody