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UNICHAR

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Returns the Unicode character referenced by the numeric value.

Syntax

UNICHAR(number)

Parameters

Term Definition
number The Unicode number that represents the character.

Return value

A character represented by the Unicode number.

Remarks

  • If XML characters are not invalid, UNICHAR returns an error.

  • If Unicode numbers are partial surrogates and data types are not valid, UNICHAR returns an error.

  • If numbers are numeric values that fall outside the allowable range, UNICHAR returns an error.

  • If number is zero (0), UNICHAR returns an error.

  • The Unicode character returned can be a string of characters, for example in UTF-8 or UTF-16 codes.

Example

The following example returns the character represented by the Unicode number 66 (uppercase A).

= UNICHAR(65)

The following example returns the character represented by the Unicode number 32 (space character).

= UNICHAR(32)

The following example returns the character represented by the Unicode number 9733 (★ character).

= UNICHAR(9733)