asc(
asc(
TEXT
)

The asc( function converts the first character of a text string into a number from 0 to 65535 based on Unicode encoding.

Parameters

This function has one parameter:

text – The text string.

Description

The asc( function converts the first character of a text string into a number from 0 to 65535 based on Unicode encoding. For numbers from 0 to 127 Unicode encoding is the same as ASCII encoding.

    asc("A") ☞ 65
    asc("a") ☞ 97
    asc("abc") ☞ 97
    asc("⨗") ☞ 10775
    asc("⪽") ☞ 10941
    asc("€") ☞ 8364

See Also

- chr( -- converts a number into a single character of text, based on Unicode encoding.

History

Version | Status | Notes
10.0 | Updated | Carried over from Panorama 6.0, but now supports entire Unicode 16 character set.