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Olivier Hallot 2434e43c17 Inform pogrammer on VBA and LO Basic differences
Some Basic functions, like chr(), have the same name as in
VBA but VBA chr() function does not accept arguments above 255.

Change-Id: If66fec8216b824281287dfd34413584d6c2468a3
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/69388
Tested-by: Jenkins
Reviewed-by: Olivier Hallot <olivier.hallot@libreoffice.org>
2019-03-19 20:33:57 +01:00

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<paragraph id="par_id3153311" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Returns the character that corresponds to the specified character code.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3149295" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Expression:</emph> a numeric expression that represent a valid 8 bit ASCII value (0-255) or a 16 bit Unicode value.</paragraph>
<warning id="par_id991552913928635">When VBA compatibility mode is enabled (<link href="text/sbasic/shared/03103350.xhp" name="vbasupport"><literal>OPTION VBASUPPORT 1</literal></link>), <emph>Expression</emph> is a numeric expression that represent a valid 8 bit ASCII value (0-255) only.</warning>
<paragraph id="par_id3159414" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Use the <emph>Chr$</emph> function to send special control sequences to a printer or to another output source. You can also use it to insert quotation marks in a string expression.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1341138080" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub ExampleChr</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3154909" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> ' This example inserts quotation marks (ASCII value 34) in a string.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3151380" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> MsgBox "A "+ Chr$(34)+"short" + Chr$(34)+" trip."</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3145174" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> ' The printout appears in the dialog as: A "short" trip.</paragraph>
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