ascii

Returns an integer representation of the character.

Available in:

Apps (win) Apps (char) Reportwriter RPC Standalone PL
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Syntax

int  ascii(character)
char       character

Description

Returns ascii integer value of character.
character specifies the char (alphanumeric or space) to process.

Example

Prints the ascii code for each character or space as given.
{
int  i,len;
char s[80];
char ch;
s = "Hi my name is Bentley";

for (i=1;i<=length(s);i++) {
  ch = substr(s,i,1);
  printf("The ASCII value of '" ^^ ch ^^ "' is " ^^ ascii(ch));
  }
}