How can I make a char from an int? That is, I want

 myChar := 'a' + nRandom;

I thought the StringBuilder might solve it, but it needs a char. Is there a smart way?

(My current solution is an index into a string, which is clumsy)

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Matthew Jones

Untested....

myChar  :=  chr(  ord('a') + nRandom );

Walter



"Matthew Jones" wrote:

How can I make a char from an int? That is, I want

 myChar := 'a' + nRandom;

I thought the StringBuilder might solve it, but it needs a char. Is there a smart way?

(My current solution is an index into a string, which is clumsy)

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Matthew Jones

Walter Matte wrote:

>  myChar  :=  chr(  ord('a') + nRandom );

Ahah! Chr() being the magic. It would be nice if conversion routines like this were listed in the Casting section, which I looked in. Many thanks.

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Matthew Jones

Matthew,

<< Ahah! Chr() being the magic. It would be nice if conversion routines like this were listed in the Casting section, which I looked in. Many thanks. >>

It's the same reason IntToStr isn't in the casting section.

Casts are type conversions that are performed based upon the types being type-compatible, whereas conversions like this are done between incompatible types.  In other words, they're simply used for ensuring the compiler understands what you already know, not providing any additional functionality/dimensions to the actual underlying value.

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Tim Young [Elevate Software] wrote:

> It would be nice if conversion routines like this were listed in the Casting section, which I looked in. Many thanks. >>
>
> It's the same reason IntToStr isn't in the casting section.

I'm happy for it to be a link to the summary "conversion functions" page. 8-)

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Matthew Jones