Asc ( char )

Returns the Ascii code for the given character

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Theo Ros - Show more from this author

Sample input:

Asc ( "A" )

Sample output:

Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

/*-------------------------------------------------------
Returns the ascii value for the first character 
given in textparameter 'char'

Syntax: Asc ( text )
Returns the ascii value 0-255

Return type: Number

Theo Ros
----------------------------------------------------------*/

Let ( [ ascii = "☺☻♥♦♣♠•◘○◙♂♀♪♫☼►◄↕‼\¶" & 
                      "§▬↨↑↓→←∟↔▲▼ !\"#$%&'()*+,-./" &
                      "0123456789|;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP" & 
                      "QRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" &
                      "{|}~⌂ÇüéâäàåçêëèïîìÄÅÉæÆôöòûùÿÖÜø" &
                      "£Ø×ƒáíóúñÑªº¿®¬½¼¡«»░▒▓│┤ÁÂÀ©╣" & 
                      "║╗╝¢¥┐ü┴┬├─┼ãÃ╚╔╩╦╠═╬¤ðÐÊ" & 
                      "ËÈıÍÎÏ┘┌█▄¦Ì▀ÓßÔÒõÕµþÞÚÛÙýÝ¯´±‗¾¶§" &
                      "÷¸°¨·¹³²■ " ;
           char = Left ( text ; 1 ) ;
           pos =  Position ( ascii ; char ; 1 ; 1 ) ] ;
  If ( pos = 0 ; 0 ;
    If ( PatternCount ( ascii ; char ) > 1 ;      // Upper and Lower case found?
                                                                     // use Exact() for matching occurrence
      If ( Exact ( Middle ( ascii ; pos ; 1 ) ; char ) ;  pos ; Position ( ascii ; char ; 1 ; 2 ) ) ; 
    pos )                                                         // one occurrence found, use it
  )
)

Returns the ascii value for the first character
given in textparameter 'char'

Syntax: Asc ( text )
Returns the ascii value 0-255

Return type: Number

Note: I uploaded this because the function ASCII_Code ( char ) by Tony Tanevski is wrong.

Comments

		Gjermund Gusland Thorsen, HELGEROA Feb 18, 2009
Is this function platformindependant?

		Will Bullard, Little Rock Oct 7, 2009
The function has an error. It should read char = Left (text;1)

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Asc ( char )

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