10 6 8 AsInteger

10.6.8 AsInteger

AsInteger returns the ASCII/ebcdic value of the first character in the string

Windows platform

The ASCII decimal value of the first character in the string is obtained as per the following table:

nul	0	soh	1	stx	2	etx	3	eot	4	enq	5	ack	6	bel	7
bs	8	ht	9	nl	10	vt	11	np	12	cr	13	so	14	si	15
dle	16	dc1	17	dc2	18	dc3	19	dc4	20	nak	21	syn	22	etb	23
can	24	em	25	sub	26	esc	27	fs	28	gs	29	rs	30	us	31
sp	32	!	33	"	34	#	35	$	36	%	37	&	38	'	39
(	40	)	41	*	42	+	43	,	44	-	45	.	46	/	47
0	48	1	49	2	50	3	51	4	52	5	53	6	54	7	55
8	56	9	57	:	58	;	59	<	60	=	61	>	62	?	63
@	64	A	65	B	66	C	67	D	68	E	69	F	70	G	71
H	72	I	73	J	74	K	75	L	76	M	77	N	78	O	79
P	80	Q	81	R	82	S	83	T	84	U	85	V	86	W	87
X	88	Y	89	Z	90	[	91	\	92	]	93	^	94	_	95
`	96	a	97	b	98	c	99	d	100	e	101	f	102	g	103
h	04	i	105	j	106	k	107	l	108	m	109	n	110	o	111
p	112	q	113	r	114	s	115	t	116	u	117	v	118	w	119
x	120	y	121	z	122	{	123	|	124	}	125	~	126	del	127

 

IBM i platform

If this intrinsic function is run on IBM i, it will return a value according to the table in www.astrodigital.org/digital/ebcdic.html. (You can ignore the Hex column in the table).

Input Parameters

None

Examples

For Windows

If #String is "a", #Integer will be 97:

#Integer := #String.AsInteger
 

If #String is "}", #Integer will be 125

#Integer := #String.AsInteger
 

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