I want to convert an integer into its character equivalent based on the alphabet. For example:
JavaScript
x
5
1
0 => a
2
1 => b
3
2 => c
4
3 => d
5
etc. I could build an array and just look it up when I need it but I’m wondering if there’s a built in function to do this for me. All the examples I’ve found via Google are working with ASCII values and not a character’s position in the alphabet.
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Answer
Assuming you want lower case letters:
JavaScript
1
2
1
var chr = String.fromCharCode(97 + n); // where n is 0, 1, 2 ...
2
97 is the ASCII code for lower case ‘a’. If you want uppercase letters, replace 97 with 65 (uppercase ‘A’). Note that if n > 25
, you will get out of the range of letters.