Character Methods

The methods defined in the Character primitive type are summarized in the following table.

Method	Returns …
compareEql	true if the receiver is equal to a specified character
compareGeneric	An integer showing whether the receiver is greater than, equal to, or less than a specified character
compareGeq	true if the receiver is greater than or equal to a specified character
compareGtr	true if the receiver is greater than a specified character
compareLeq	true if the receiver is less than or equal to a specified character
compareLss	true if the receiver is less than the value of a specified character
compareNeq	true if the receiver is not equal to a specified character
display	A string containing the receiver
isAlpha	true if the receiver represents a letter for the current language setting
isDelimiter	true if the receiver is not alphanumeric
isHex	true if the receiver represents a hexadecimal character
isLower	true if the receiver represents a lowercase letter
isNumeric	true if the receiver represents a numeric digit
isPrintable	true if the receiver is a character that can be printed
isUpper	true if the receiver represents an uppercase letter
makeString	A string of the specified length filled with the value of the receiver
setByteOrderLocal	A character that has the bytes ordered as required by the local node
setByteOrderRemote	A character that has the bytes ordered as required by the specified remote node
toHex	A string containing the hexadecimal value of the receiver
toLower	The lowercase equivalent of the receiving character
toUpper	The uppercase equivalent of the receiving character