Name

Asc

Synopsis

Asc(character)

Returns the ASCII character code (number) for a given character. Here’s an example that generates a chart of the printable ASCII character codes: 

<TABLE BORDER="1">
  <TR><TH>Character</TH><TH>ASCII Code</TH></TR>

<CFLOOP INDEX="Character" FROM="33" TO="255">
  <CFOUTPUT>
    <TR><TD>#Chr(Character)#</TD><TD>#Asc(Chr(Character))#</TD></TR>
  </CFOUTPUT>
</CFLOOP>
</TABLE>

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