asc

Determines the ASCII value of a character.

asc(string) → returns numeric

Lucee

BL 1.0.0+

Argument Reference

string string
Required

Compatibility

BoxLang:

Version 1.0.0+ asc is transpiled to ascii in CFML files

Examples
Sample code invoking the asc function

character and value of Korean currency symbol ( unicode number 8361 )

x = chr( 8361 ); 
 writeoutput( 'character: #x#' ); 
 x = asc( x ); 
 writeoutput( '<br>Unicode value: #x#');

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