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5.4  Module Char

Character operations.

val code : 'a char -> 'a int
Return the ASCII code of the argument.

val chr : 'a int -{'b | Invalid_argument: 'b |}-> 'a char
          with 'a < 'b
Return the character with the given ASCII code. Raise Invalid_argument "Char.chr" if the argument is outside the range 0--255.

val escaped : 'a char -> 'a string
Return a string representing the given character, with special characters escaped following the lexical conventions of Objective Caml.

val lowercase : 'a char -> 'a char
Convert the given character to its equivalent lowercase character.

val uppercase : 'a char -> 'a char
Convert the given character to its equivalent uppercase character.



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