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AsciiToInt

Function AsciiToInt - convert a single character to its ascii ordinal number

Calling Sequence  AsciiToInt(s)
Parameters
NameTypeDescription

s stringa string of length 1
Return Type  posint
Synopsis Converts a single character into its ascii ordinal number. This is useful when encoding/decoding symbols for dynamic programming. It is also useful in general for the analysis of raw input.
Examples
> AsciiToInt('a');
97
> AsciiToInt(' ');
32
See also AToInt,   CaseSearchString,   IntToA,   IntToAscii,   SearchString