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<paragraph id="hd_id3150499" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120101.xhp" name="Asc Function">Asc Function</link></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3151384" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Returns the ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) 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_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 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 id="par_id3150792" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> Print ASC("A") ' returns 65</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3148797" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> Print ASC("Z") ' returns 90</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3163800" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> Print ASC("Las Vegas") ' returns 76, since only the first character is taken into account</paragraph>
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