Module Stdppx.Char

include module type of struct include Char end
val code : char -> int

Return the ASCII code of the argument.

val chr : int -> char

Return the character with the given ASCII code.

val escaped : char -> string

Return a string representing the given character, with special characters escaped following the lexical conventions of OCaml. All characters outside the ASCII printable range (32..126) are escaped, as well as backslash, double-quote, and single-quote.

val lowercase_ascii : char -> char

Convert the given character to its equivalent lowercase character, using the US-ASCII character set.

  • since 4.03
val uppercase_ascii : char -> char

Convert the given character to its equivalent uppercase character, using the US-ASCII character set.

  • since 4.03
type t = char

An alias for the type of characters.

val seeded_hash : int -> t -> int

A seeded hash function for characters, with the same output value as Hashtbl.seeded_hash. This function allows this module to be passed as argument to the functor Hashtbl.MakeSeeded.

  • since 5.1
val hash : t -> int

An unseeded hash function for characters, with the same output value as Hashtbl.hash. This function allows this module to be passed as argument to the functor Hashtbl.Make.

  • since 5.1
include Comparisons with type t := char
val compare : char -> char -> int
val equal : char -> char -> bool
val (=) : char -> char -> bool
val (<) : char -> char -> bool
val (>) : char -> char -> bool
val (<>) : char -> char -> bool
val (<=) : char -> char -> bool
val (>=) : char -> char -> bool
val min : char -> char -> char
val max : char -> char -> char