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ASC
Chapter 2 Program Instructions
Field of Application Function returning the decimal ASCII value of the first character in a
string expression.
Syntax ASC()
is a string expression, from which the ASCII decimal value of
the first character will be returned.
Remarks ASC is the inverse function of CHR$. The decimal ASCII value will be given
according to the selected character set (see NASC statement).
Examples 10 A$="GOOD MORNING"
20 PRINT ASC(A$)
RUN
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10 B$="123456"
20 C% = ASC(B$)
30 PRINT C%
RUN
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yields:
yields:
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