{"id":31632,"date":"2018-04-21T15:47:49","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T15:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/char\/"},"modified":"2021-04-06T00:58:54","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T00:58:54","slug":"char","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/char\/","title":{"rendered":"Char"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Char<\/h2>\n<p>This function returns the ASCII character for the specified ASCII character code.<\/p>\n<h3>Arguments<\/h3>\n<p><code>Char(1,2)<\/code><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center\">Ordinal<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left\">Type<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left\">Required<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left\">Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">Number<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">True<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">Character code<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">Number<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">False<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">Number of times to repeat the ASCII character returned<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Example<\/h3>\n<pre><code>%%[\n\nvar @greeting\nset @greeting = \"\"\nset @greeting = concat(@greeting, \"Just wanted to say \", Char(34), \"Hello\", Char(34), \" \")\nset @greeting = concat(@greeting, \"and tell you we\", Char(39) ,\"re b\", Char(97,4) , \"ck!\")\n\n]%%\ngreeting: %%=v(@greeting)=%%<\/code><\/pre>\n<h4>Output<\/h4>\n<pre><code>greeting: Just wanted to say \"Hello\" and tell you we're baaaack!<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Char This function returns the ASCII character for the specified ASCII character code. 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