Effect

Returns the ASCII value of a character.

Remark: It will always return the value 1 for the characters 0 to 31 without giving the second value associated to these characters.

Syntax

ASC(<Character>)

Parameter

<Character> is a character between quotation mark. It can also be a string or an alphanumeric variable but only the 1st character will be taken into account.

Example

10 PRINT "The ASCII value of B is ";ASC("B")
20 PRINT "The ASCII value of MSX is ";ASC("MSX")
 
RUN

The ASCII value of B is 66
The ASCII value of MSX is 77

Related to

CHR$(), STRING$()

Compatibility

MSX-BASIC 1.0 or higher