Ascii

Return the ASCII character code of the first character of a string.

Syntax

Ascii(s1)

Arguments

• s1

  Any expression evaluating to a string

Returns

The character code of the first character of the string

Exceptions

If the argument is not a string, an error value is returned

Example

• Ascii("D")

  [Returns 68, the ASCII character code for D]

• Ascii("Program")

  [Returns 80, the ASCII character code for the first letter of the string]