%Asc function

Function

The function converts the first leftmost character of the specified text to a number (ASCII coding).

Declaration

INT %Asc(
   TEXT in text
 )

Parameters

text

Function argument.

Example

If the text is an empty text, the function returns an invalid value. Otherwise, it converts the first character to a number within the range of 0...255.

%Asc("Hello") ; returns the value of 72