ColdFusion 9.0 Resources

Chr

Description

Converts a numeric value to a UCS-2 character.

Returns

A character with the specified UCS-2 character code.

Function syntax

Chr(number)

History

ColdFusion MX: Changed Unicode support: ColdFusion supports the Java UCS-2 representation of Unicode characters, up to a value of 65535. (Earlier releases supported 1-255.)

Parameters

Parameter	Description
`number`	A value (a number in the range 0 - 65535, inclusive)

Usage

The values 0 – 31 are standard, nonprintable codes. For example:

Chr(10) returns a linefeed character
Chr(13) returns a carriage return character
The two-character string Chr(13) & Chr(10) returns a Windows newline

Note: For a complete list of the Unicode characters and their codes, see www.unicode.org/charts/

Example

<!--- If the character string is not empty, output its Chr value. ---> 
<cfif IsDefined("form.charVals")> 
        <cfoutput>#form.charVals# = #Chr(form.charVals)#</cfoutput> 
</cfif> 
 
<cfform action="#CGI.script_name#" method="POST"> 
    <p>Type an integer character code from 1 to 65535<br> 
        to see its corresponding character.<br> 
    <cfinput type="Text"  
        name="CharVals"  
        range="1,65535"  
        message="Enter an integer from 1 to 65535"  
        validate="integer"  
        required="Yes"  
        size="5"  
        maxlength="5" 
        > 
<p><input type="Submit" name=""> <input type="RESET"> 
</cfform>

Chr