ascii Method

Class: String

Description

This method returns the ASCII code of the character at the specified position of the string, or -1 if the specified position is greater than String.length() or less than 1.

Syntax

StringObject.ascii(Number position)

Parameters

position

The position of the character. The default value is 1.

Returns

An integer number between 0 and 255.

When Became Available

v7.0

Example

// One string, 4 cases

type String STR = "Just a 'String'!"

 

type Number N1 = STR.ascii()    // 74 (J)

type Number N2 = STR.ascii(8)   // 39 (')

type Number N3 = STR.ascii(99)  // -1 (too big)

type Number N4 = STR.ascii(0)   // -1 (too small)