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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Asc Function [Runtime]</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
<lastedited date="2004-08-27T11:23:51">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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<section id="asc">
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150499"><bookmark_value>Asc function</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150499" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120101.xhp" name="Asc Function [Runtime]">Asc Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151384" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Returns the ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) value of the first character in a string expression.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155555" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
<bascode>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3143267" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="4">Asc (Text As String)</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147242" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150669" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Integer</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148473" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
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<emph>Text:</emph> Any valid string expression. Only the first character in the string is relevant.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145609" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="9">Use the Asc function to replace keys with values. If the Asc function encounters a blank string, $[officename] Basic reports a run-time error. In addition to 7 bit ASCII characters (Codes 0-127), the ASCII function can also detect non-printable key codes in ASCII code. This function can also handle 16 bit unicode characters.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub ExampleASC</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3150792" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">    Print ASC("A") ' returns 65</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3148797" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">    Print ASC("Z") ' returns 90</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3163800" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">    Print ASC("Las Vegas") ' returns 76, since only the first character is taken into account</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1067B" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120102.xhp">CHR</link></paragraph>
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