Description
The Asc function returns the ASCII code of the first character in a specified string.
Syntax
var=Asc(string$)
Parameter
string$, character string.
Return Value
var, numeric value: ASCII code of the first character in string$. If string$ is empty or an error occurs, the value 0 is returned.
See Also
Chr$
Examples
a=Asc("{") 'returns 123
a=Asc("bcdef") 'returns 98 (ASCII code for "b")
