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Ord Returns Ordinal Value
Ord(OVal : <ordtype>) : Integer;
Returns the ordinal value of OVal. If OVal is an Integer (or an
Integer-derived type), this function returns OVal; otherwise, this
function returns the underlying integral value of OVal, which will be
in the range 0..255.
OVal An ordinal value (constant, variable, function call,
or expression).
<ordtype> Any ordinal type: Integer, Char, Boolean, or
enumerated data type.
Limits: none
-------------------------------- Example ---------------------------------
I := Ord('A'); { I = 65 }
I := Ord(922); { I = 922 }
I := Ord(False); { I = 0 }
See Also:
Chr
Retype
Pred
Succ
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