String And Binary Functions

Character from ASCII code

Result type

CHAR(1) CHARACTER SET NONE

Syntax

ASCII_CHAR (code)

Table 1. `ASCII_CHAR` Function Parameter
Parameter	Description
code	An integer within the range from 0 to 255

Returns the ASCII character corresponding to the number passed in the argument.

Important

If you are used to the behaviour of the ASCII_CHAR UDF, which returns an empty string if the argument is 0, please notice that the internal function returns a character with ASCII code 0 (character NUL) here.

String and Binary Functions