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Function to convert an ASCII character to a number
 
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Recital Database Server, Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer
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Latest revision as of 15:57, 26 November 2009

Purpose

Function to convert an ASCII character to a number


Syntax

ASC(<expC>)


See Also

ATOH(), CHR(), ETOS(), HTOA(), LEFT(), RANK(), RIGHT(), STR(), STRZERO(), SUBSTR(), TYPE(), VAL(), VARTYPE()


Description

The ASC() function returns the numeric value of the first ASCII character from the character expression <expC>.


Example

? asc("123")
        49
? asc("Newcastle")
        78
nVar = asc("Newcastle")
        78
? type("nVar")
N


Products

Recital Server, Recital