Section 11,16: CHAR

 CHAR (integer)

 A function that returns the character that has the numeric value
 specified by the argument.  The input value must be in the range 0
 to 255.

 +------+---------+----------+------------+-------------+        
 | Args | Generic | Specific |  Argument  | Result Type |
 +------+---------+----------+------------+-------------+
 |  1   |   --    | CHAR     | LOGICAL*1  | CHARACTER   |
 |      |         |  --      | INTEGER*1  | CHARACTER   |
 |      |         |  --      | INTEGER*2  | CHARACTER   |
 |      |         |  --      | INTEGER*4  | CHARACTER   |
 |      |see note |  --      | INTEGER*8  | CHARACTER   |
 +------+---------+----------+------------+-------------+

 NOTE: INTEGER*8 is only available on AXP systems.