Perl 6 DocumentationDocumentation for routine chr
Documentation for routine chr, assembled from the following types:
class Cool
From Cool
routine chr
Defined as:
sub chr(Int(Cool))
method chr()
Usage:
chr INTEGER
INTEGER.chr
Coerces the invocant (or in sub form, its argument) to Int, interprets it as a Unicode code points, and returns a string made of that code point.
say '65'.chr; # A
The inverse operation is ord.
Mnemonic: turns an integer into a character.
class Int
From Int
routine chr
Defined as:
multi sub chr(Int:D ) returns Str:D
multi method chr(Int:D:) returns Str:D
Usage:
chr INTEGER
INTEGER.chr
Returns a one-character string, by interpreting the integer as a Unicode codepoint number and converting it the corresponding character.
Example:
65.chr # returns "A"
196.chr # returns "Ä"