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    <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">AscW Function [Runtime]</title>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3150499" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120111.xhp" name="AscW Function [Runtime - VBA]">AscW Function [Runtime - VBA]</link></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3151384" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Returns the Unicode value of the first character in a string expression.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3155555" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Syntax:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3143267" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">AscW (Text As String)</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3147242" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3150669" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Integer</paragraph>

<paragraph id="hd_id3148473" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Parameters:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3149415" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Text:</emph> Any valid string expression. Only the first character in the string is relevant.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3145609" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Use the AscW function to replace keys with Unicode values. If the AscW function encounters a blank string, %PRODUCTNAME Basic reports a run-time error. Returned values are between 0 and 65535.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1341586960" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub ExampleAscW</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3150792" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> Print AscW("A") ' returns 65</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3148797" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> Print AscW("Ω") ' returns 937</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3163800" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> Print AscW("Αθήνα") ' returns 913, since only the first character (Alpha) is taken into account</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idN1067B" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120102.xhp">Chr</link></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id051920171027053197" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120112.xhp">ChrW</link></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id051920171027051338" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120101.xhp">Asc</link></paragraph>
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