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### 8.5 `ACHAR` — Character in ASCII collating sequence

Description:
  `ACHAR(I)` returns the character located at position `I` in the ASCII collating sequence.
Standard:
  Fortran 77 and later, with KIND argument Fortran 2003 and later
Class:
  Elemental function
Syntax:
  `RESULT = ACHAR(I [, KIND])`
Arguments:

  I | The type shall be `INTEGER`.
  KIND | (Optional) An `INTEGER` initialization expression indicating the kind parameter of the result.

Return value:
  The return value is of type `CHARACTER` with a length of one. If the KIND argument is present, the return value is of the specified kind and of the default kind otherwise.
Example:

                program test_achar
                  character c
                  c = achar(32)
                end program test_achar

Note:
  See ICHAR for a discussion of converting between numerical values and formatted string representations.
See also:
  CHAR, IACHAR, ICHAR