Functions.Asc Method |  |
Convert a character to its ASCII value.
Namespace:
XSharp.Core
Assembly:
XSharp.Core (in XSharp.Core.dll) Version: 2.16
Syntax FUNCTION Asc(
cString AS STRING
) AS DWORD
public static uint Asc(
string cString
)
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- cString
- Type: String
The character to convert to a number.
Return Value
Type:
DWord
A number from 0 to 255, representing the ASCII code of
cString .
Remarks
Asc() is a character conversion function that returns the ASCII value of the leftmost character in a string.
Asc() is used primarily on expressions requiring numeric calculations on the ASCII value of a character. Chr() and Asc() are inverse functions.
Examples
These examples illustrate various results of Asc():
1? Asc("A")
2? Asc("Apple")
3? Asc("a")
4? Asc("Z") - Asc("A")
5? Asc(NULL_STRING)
6? Asc(Chr(0))
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