# RXPCHK > [HTML Version](rxpchk_sbr.htm) **xcall RXPCHK, string \{,rc\}** RXPCHK checks a string to determine if it contains unprintable chararacters, which are defined as those whose ASCII values are less than 32 or are between 127 and 160 inclusive. **Parameters** _string_ ([String](string.htm.md)) \[in\] string to check. _string_ is stripped of leading and trailing spaces and tabs and returned that way, regardless of whether valid. _rc_ (F,6) \[out\] optional return value specifying okay (0) or the position of the first unprintable character in _string. _Note that RXPCHK may be passed to the [XFUNC](xfunc().htm.md) function, in which case rc is not really relevant since the function itself returns the same value.