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XtScript Function: ord

Returns the numeric value of the given character.

ord is an XtScript function that will return the decimal value of a given character.

XtScript ord function basic syntax:

<!--parser:xtscript-->
	call ord $val=...
<!--/parser:xtscript-->

Learn XtScript ord function from examples

Get the decimal value of a character using ord function.

- Code: 
<!--parser:xtscript-->
	# Assigning a space into a variable using chr so we can print space as the last character
	var $spa = call chr $val=32

	var $char = D
	var $sym = ~

	print Character $char has decimal value of$spa
	call ord $val=$char

	print <br/><br/>

	print The tilde symbol or "$sym" has decimal value of$spa
	call ord $val=$sym
<!--/parser:xtscript-->
- Result:
Character D has decimal value of 68

The tilde symbol or "~" has decimal value of 126

To see full all characters decimal value, you can view it in the ASCII Characters Entity Code.

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