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ASC()
Convert a character to its ASCII value
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Syntax
ASC(<cExp>) --> nCode
Arguments
<cExp> is the character expression to be converted to a number.
Returns
ASC() returns an integer numeric value in the range of zero to 255,
representing the ASCII value of <cExp>.
Description
ASC() is a character conversion function that returns the ASCII value of the
leftmost character in a character string. ASC() is used primarily on
expressions requiring numeric calculations on the ASCII value of a
character. CHR() and ASC() are inverse functions.
Examples
. These examples illustrate various results of ASC():
? ASC("A") // Result: 65
? ASC("Apple") // Result: 65
? ASC("a") // Result: 97
? ASC("Z") - ASC("A") // Result: 25
? ASC("") // Result: 0
Files Library is CLIPPER.LIB.
See Also:
CHR()
INKEY()
STR()
VAL()
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