Asc - Built-in String Function¶

Purpose¶

Asc returns the Unicode character code of the first character in a string.

Syntax¶

Asc(str)

Arguments¶

Returns¶

Variant with an integer (VT_I4 or VT_I8) value

Example¶

Return Asc("a") // returns 97

Return Asc("✔") // returns 10004

Return (Asc (Lcase (Left ({Customer.Name},1)))) // depending on first character of customer name

See Also¶

• String functions
• Chr

Notes¶

• When str cannot be converted to a string, a runtime error is generated.