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Converts a character into its ordinal number value.
Syntax
$toord(char)
Parameters
char | a character string, or any expression that evaluates to a character string |
Return Value
Number.
Comments
Each of the decimal numbers from 0 to 255 represents a character output by your workstation. $Toord converts the given character to the corresponding decimal number.
If char contains more than one character, only the first character is converted.
The number produced by the $toord function can be converted back to a character by the $tochr function.
Example
$toord(" ")
Evaluates to 32 (on ASCII machines).
$toord(tochr(anynumber ))
Evaluates to any number.
See Also
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ByJason Lee
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