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Ascii

Syntax

Ascii(N:INT):STRING
Ascii(L:LIST of INT):STRING
Ascii(S:STRING):LIST of INT
    

Summary

convert between characters and ascii code

Description

In the first form, Ascii returns the character whose ascii code is N.

In the second form, Ascii returns the string whose characters, in order, have the ascii codes listed in L.

The third form is the inverse of the second: it returns the ascii codes of the characters in S.

example

    
Ascii(97);
a
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C := Ascii("hello world");
C;
[104, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, 119, 111, 114, 108, 100]
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Ascii(C);
hello world
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