ASC returns the ASCII value of a byte.

Syntax

ASC(StrExp$)

Arguments 

• StrExp$ is, in this case, a single byte or string with length 1.

Remarks

1. If you use a string which is longer than 1 byte, you will get a fatal error message

Examples

ASC("A")

returns

65

ASC("3")

returns

51

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Description

Input

b$ is the value to be calculated. This should be the single byte string.

Relations

A=ASC(b$)

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