ASCII()

Synopsis

Returns the ASCII code of the first character in the input string. If the string contains more than one character, the extra characters are ignored. If the string contains zero characters (is the empty string, "") then ASCII() returns zero.

Syntax

ASCII ( str As String ) As Integer
Argument Type Description
str String a string of characters

Example 1

 Intent >ASCII("a") 
--> 97

Example 2

Intent >ASCII("ab") 
--> 97

Parent topic: String