ASC Function /text/scalc/01/func_asc.xhp
ASC function text functions;katakana characters

ASC

Converts double-byte (full-width) characters to single-byte (half-width) ASCII and katakana characters.
See https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Calc/Features/JIS_and_ASC_functions for a conversion table. ASC(Text) Text: the text string that contains characters to be converted. Applying the ASC function to a string composed of single-byte characters will return the input string without any modifications. =ASC("LibreOffice") returns the string "LibreOffice". No modifications were made because all characters are single-byte characters. =ASC("ライト") returns the string "ライト", which is composed of single-byte characters.