asc

Determines the ASCII value of a character.

asc(string) → returns numeric

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See Also:   chr

Argument Reference

string string
Required

Examples
Sample code invoking the asc function 

x = chr( 8361 ); 
 writeoutput( 'character: #x#' ); 
 x = asc( x ); 
 writeoutput( '<br>Unicode value: #x#');

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