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CHR$

Purpose: To return the character for a given ASCII value.

Syntax: A$ = CHR$(N%)

Example: A$=CHR$(66)

'A$='B'

Description: A$ is a string variable to be assigned to the result.

N% is a numeric expression in the range of 0 to 255.

HEX$

Purpose: To return a string that represents the hexadecimal value (base

16) of the decimal argument.

Syntax: A$ = HEX$(N%)

Example:

A$ = HEX$(136) „A$=”88”

Description: A$ is a string variable to be assigned to the result.

N% is a numeric expression.

OCT$

Purpose: To return a string that represents the octal value (base 8) of

the decimal argument.

Syntax: A$ = OCT$(N%)

Example: A$ = OCT$(136) „A$=”210”

Description: A$ is a string variable to be assigned to the result.

N% is a numeric expression.

LCASE$

Purpose: To return a copy of a string in which all uppercase letters will

be converted to lowercase letters.

Syntax: A$ = LCASE$(Str$)

Example: Str$="ABCDEFG"

PRINT LCASE$(Str$)

PRINT LCASE$("168BBqRrGgIbB")

Description: A$ is a string variable to be assigned to the result.

Str$ may be a string variable, string expression, or string

constant.