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### Char

#### Synopsis

    type
      Char  { built-in type }

#### Description

The built-in type `Char` holds elements of the operating system's character set (usually ASCII). The `Char` type is a special case of ordinal type. Conversion between character types and ordinal types is possible with the built-in functions `Ord` and `Chr`.

#### Conforming to

`Char` is defined in ISO 7185 Pascal and supported by all known Pascal variants.

#### Example

    program CharDemo;
    var
      a: Char;
    begin
      a := 'x';
      WriteLn (a)
    end.

#### See also

Character Types, Ordinal Types, Type Casts, Ord, Chr.