Alternate Entry Name: .STAR
B: char = star( char_pointer );
/* C users use subscripting */
STAR obtains the nine-bit character addressed by "char_pointer". In this way, it performs an indirection operation for a character in much the same way that the star ("*") operator performs an indirection operation for a word.
STAR is analogous to the more traditional B library function CHAR, but requires only one argument.
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