Mark Wickens

ASC

Purpose

Returns the character code corresponding to the character in the first (leftmost) position of a string.

Format

ASC     ( string )
          └─┬──┘
     String expression

Example

ASC("A")

Parameters

string: String expression

Explanation

1. Returns the character code corresponding to a character. The character code for the first (leftmost) character only is returned for a string of two or more characters.
2. A value of 0 is returned for a null string.

See

• CHR$

Sample Program

10  INPUT "INPUT CHARACTERS"; A$
20  B$ = LEFT$(A$, 1)
30  C = ASC(A$)
40  PRINT "FIRST CHAR="; B$; " CODE="; C
50 END

Displays first character and corresponding character code for string input.