{{DISPLAYTITLE:_CONTROLCHR (function)}} The '''_CONTROLCHR''' function returns the current state of the [[_CONTROLCHR]] statement as 1 when OFF and 0 when ON. {{PageSyntax}} :::status% = _CONTROLCHR * The function requires no parameters. * Default return is 0 when the _CONTROLCHR statement has never been used previous to a function read. * When the statement has been use to turn OFF control characters(1), the characters can be printed as text without screen formatting. {{PageSeeAlso}} * [[_CONTROLCHR]] * [[CHR$]], [[ASC]] * [[INKEY$]], [[_KEYHIT]] * [[ASCII]] {{text|(codes)}} {{PageNavigation}}