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  36 <topic id="textsbasicshared03120101xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
  37 <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Asc Function [Runtime]</title>
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  40 <history>
  41 <created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
  42 <lastedited date="2004-08-27T11:23:51">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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  46 <section id="asc">
  47 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150499"><bookmark_value>Asc function</bookmark_value>
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  49 <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>
  50 <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>
  51 </section>
  52 <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155555" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
  53 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3143267" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Asc (Text As String)</paragraph>
  54 <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147242" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
  55 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150669" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Integer</paragraph>
  56 <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148473" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
  57 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149415" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">
  58 <emph>Text:</emph> Any valid string expression. Only the first character in the string is relevant.</paragraph>
  59 <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)<comment>UFI: TL called me and asked to change this</comment>, 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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  62 <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3159413" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="10">Example:</paragraph>
  63 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149457" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Sub ExampleASC</paragraph>
  64 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150792" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Print ASC("A") REM returns 65</paragraph>
  65 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148797" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Print ASC("Z") REM returns 90</paragraph>
  66 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3163800" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Print ASC("Las Vegas") REM returns 76, since only the first character is taken into account</paragraph>
  67 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148674" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">End Sub</paragraph>
  68 <section id="relatedtopics">
  69 <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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