1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2 3 4<!--*********************************************************************** 5 * 6 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. 7 * 8 * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. 9 * 10 * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite 11 * 12 * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. 13 * 14 * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 15 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 16 * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. 17 * 18 * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 19 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 20 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 21 * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details 22 * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code). 23 * 24 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License 25 * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org. If not, see 26 * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> 27 * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. 28 * 29 ************************************************************************--> 30 31<helpdocument version="1.0"> 32<meta> 33<topic id="textsbasicshared03120101xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 34<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Asc Function [Runtime]</title> 35<filename>/text/sbasic/shared/03120101.xhp</filename> 36</topic> 37<history> 38<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> 39<lastedited date="2004-08-27T11:23:51">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited> 40</history> 41</meta> 42<body> 43<section id="asc"> 44<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150499"><bookmark_value>Asc function</bookmark_value> 45</bookmark> 46<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150499" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120101.xhp" name="Asc Function [Runtime]">Asc Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph> 47<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151384" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Returns the ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) value of the first character in a string expression.</paragraph> 48</section> 49<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155555" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph> 50<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3143267" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Asc (Text As String)</paragraph> 51<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147242" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph> 52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150669" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Integer</paragraph> 53<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148473" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph> 54<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149415" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8"> 55<emph>Text:</emph> Any valid string expression. Only the first character in the string is relevant.</paragraph> 56<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145609" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="9">Use the Asc function to replace keys with values. If the Asc function encounters a blank string, $[officename] Basic reports a run-time error. In addition to 7 bit ASCII characters (Codes 0-127)<comment>UFI: TL called me and asked to change this</comment>, the ASCII function can also detect non-printable key codes in ASCII code. This function can also handle 16 bit unicode characters.</paragraph> 57<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> 58<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> 59<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3159413" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="10">Example:</paragraph> 60<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149457" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Sub ExampleASC</paragraph> 61<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150792" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Print ASC("A") REM returns 65</paragraph> 62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148797" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Print ASC("Z") REM returns 90</paragraph> 63<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3163800" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Print ASC("Las Vegas") REM returns 76, since only the first character is taken into account</paragraph> 64<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148674" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">End Sub</paragraph> 65<section id="relatedtopics"> 66<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1067B" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120102.xhp">CHR</link></paragraph> 67</section> 68</body> 69</helpdocument> 70