Asc


Function Asc( string expression )


Returns the ASCII code of the first character of string expression .


Syntax a = Asc("Test")


Remarks

Asc returns the ASCII code (0 to 255) of the first character of expression.

To convert an integer to a character string, use the complementary Chr function. Chr returns a 1 character string when fed an ASCII value (except 0).


Restrictions

If an empty string ("") is passed to Asc, it will return 0.


See Also

Chr Mid Conversion Functions String Functions


Example Script


STRING a = "Hello"

PRINT ASC(MID(a,3,1))

PRINT ASC(a)


Script Output


108

72