Converting int to dchar?

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On Sunday, 31 July 2016 at 21:31:52 UTC, Darren wrote:
> Hey, all.
>
> I'm pretty much a programming novice, so I hope you can bear 
> with me.  Does anyone know how I can change an int into a char 
> equivalent?
>
> e.g.
> int i = 5;
> dchar value;
> ?????
> assert(value == '5');
>
> If I try and cast it to dchar, I get messed up output, and I'm 
> not sure how to use toChars (if that can accomplish this).
>
> I can copy+paste the little exercise I'm working on if that 
> helps?
>
> Thanks in advance!

Ehm how do you you want to represent 1_000 in one dchar?
You need to format it, like here.

     import std.format : format;
     assert("%d".format(1_000) == "1000");

Note that you get an array of dchars (=string), not a single one.