# SELECTED_CHAR_KIND

Transformational Intrinsic Function (Generic): Returns the value of the kind type parameter of the character set named by the argument.

## Syntax

result = SELECTED_CHAR_KIND(name)

name | (Input) Must be scalar and of type default character. Its value must be 'DEFAULT' or 'ASCII'.

## Results

The result is a scalar of type default integer.

The result is a scalar of type default integer. The result value is 1 if NAME has the value 'DEFAULT' or 'ASCII'; otherwise, the result value is -1.

Parent topic: S