char

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since v0.0-1798

clojure.core/char

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(char x)

Details:

Converts a number x to a character using String.fromCharCode(x) from JavaScript.

Examples:

(char 81)
;;=> "Q"

(char "Q")
;;=> "Q"

(char "foo")
;; Error: Argument to char must be a character or number

Source docstring:

Coerce to char

Source code @ clojurescript:src/main/cljs/cljs/core.cljs

(defn char
  [x]
  (cond
    (number? x) (.fromCharCode js/String x)
    (and (string? x) (== (.-length x) 1)) x
    :else (throw (js/Error. "Argument to char must be a character or number"))))