Evaluates the leftmost character of an alphanumeric string and returns its value in the ASCII character set.

Syntax:

ASCIIVal('string')

Parameters:

string: An Alpha character or string of characters.

Returns:

ASCII Code

Example:

The expressions ASCIIVal('N') and ASCIIVal('New') each return the same result, 78.

See also:

ASCIIChr

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