ORD
(Function)

Converts to a character code.

ORD (<Character string >)

This statement converts the first character in <Character string > to a character code.

This function returns only the first byte value of a character string. Therefore, even if the first character is kanji, the first byte of the Shift-JIS code is returned. If the character string is " ", it returns 0.

DIM li1 As Integer
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li1 = ORD( "ABCDEFGH" )
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'Assigns character code 65(&H41) of A to li1.
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