VARKON Version 1.15 1997-10-24

ascii - Function

Character to ASCII conversion


Description

Maps a character to its corresponding integer ASCII value.

Syntax

ascii(c)

STRING

c*1;

Principal parameters

c	- Any character

Optional parameters

None.

Return value

An INT value in the range 0 <= n <= 255.

Example

10 + ascii("B") evaluates to the integer value of 76 since 66 is the ASCII-code for B.