# CHARACTER

## Overview

This is a synonym for [CHAR](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/data-types/string-data-types/char).

## EXAMPLES

```sql
CREATE TABLE character_example (
  example CHARACTER
);
```

```sql
SHOW CREATE TABLE character_example\G
```

```sql
*************************** 1. row ***************************
       Table: character_example
Create Table: CREATE TABLE `character_example` (
  `example` char(1) DEFAULT NULL
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
```

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