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char-int


Type:   -   function (subr)
Source:   -   xlstr.c

Syntax

(char-int char)
char - a character expression
returns - the decimal ASCII value as an integer

Description

The 'char-int' function returns the decimal ASCII value of the 'char' expression.

Examples

(char-int #\0)              => 48
(char-int #\A)              => 65
(char-int #\a)              => 97
(char-int #\[)              => 91
(char-int #\newline)        => 10
(char-int (code-char 127))  => 127
(char-int (int-char 255))   => 255

Note: In Nyquist/XLISP, char-code and 'char-int' are two different functions, but behave exactly the same [Nyquist 3.03, December 2010].

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