[HP71B] ASCII codes; where it is?

[Martin Hepperle]

(07-20-2023 01:30 PM)KeithB Wrote:  If you are more familiar with C, CHR$() is really just a cast to make the HP71 think the integer is a character, or like the C idiom '\27'.

Just a small clarification:
CHR$() is much more than a cast - it is actually a function, which composes and returns a String containing one character. This requires memory and time. So one should not over-use it.

A cast in "C" is ... just a cast - the resulting character is encoded by the compiler and directly embedded in the generated code and no time is lost at runtime.

Martin