Char

Overview

Returns the ASCII character specified by the ASCII character code in the first parameter. An optional second parameter specifies the number of times to repeat the return of the ASCII character.

Syntax

Char(1, 2)

Function Properties

Ordinal	Type		Description
1	string	Required	ASCII character code
2	numeric	Required	Number of times to repeat the ASCII character

Usage

Given the function below:

Char(65)

The system returns:

A

Given the function below:

Char(65,3)

The system returns:

AAA

Given the function below:

%%=CHAR(65)=%%%%=CHAR(66)=%%%%=CHAR(67)=%%

The system returns:

ABC

The code sample below pulls content from a data extension and replaces and carriage return-line feed combinations with an HTML

%%[
VAR @content, @replacedContent
/* This will pull the content out of the DE and replace any CR-LF's with HTML BR tags. */
SET @content = Lookup('ReplaceTest', 'Value', 'Key', '1')
SET @replacedContent = Replace(@content, Concat(CHAR(13), CHAR(10)), 'BR')
]%%
%%=V(@content)=%%
%%=V(@replacedContent)=%%