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- CHR_ABBRV
- -- Return whether two strings are equal apart from case,
permitting abbreviation.
- CHR_ACHR
- -- Return the character for a given ASCII value.
- CHR_ATOK
- -- Return the character for a given ASCII character token.
- CHR_ATOM
- -- Translate a string from ASCII to machine's characters set.
- CHR_BTOI
- -- Read an INTEGER value from a binary string.
- CHR_DTOAN
- -- Write a DOUBLE PRECISION value into a string as
hr/deg:min:sec.
- CHR_FIND
- -- Find the next occurrence of a given substring within a
string.
- CHR_IACHR
- -- Return the ASCII value for a given character.
- CHR_ITOB
- -- Encode an INTEGER value as a binary string.
- CHR_ITOH
- -- Encode an INTEGER value as a hexadecimal string.
- CHR_ITOO
- -- Encode an INTEGER value as an octal string.
- CHR_LINBR
- -- Break a line of text into a sequence of shorter lines.
- CHR_MTOA
- -- Translate a string from machine's characters set to ASCII.
- CHR_NTH
- -- Return the two-character abbreviation for a specified
integer.
- CHR_PFORM
- -- Reformat a paragraph to a new width.
- CHR_PREFX
- -- Prefix a string with a substring.
- CHR_RJUST
- -- Right-justify a string.
- CHR_RMCHR
- -- Remove all specified characters from a string.
- CHR_SCOMP
- -- Compare two character strings using the ASCII character
set.
- CHR_SKCHR
- -- Skip over all specified characters in a string.
- CHR_SORT
- -- Sort an array of character strings into alphabetical order.
- CHR_TOCHR
- -- Skip to the next specified character in a string.
- CHR_TRCHR
- -- Translate the specified characters in a string.
- CHR_WILD
- -- Return whether a string matches a wild-card pattern.

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CHR Character Handling Routines
Starlink User Note 40
A C Charles
P C T Rees
A J Chipperfield
2 August 1995
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk