Name
String.charCodeAt( ) Method — retrieve the code point of the character at a specific position in a string
Availability
Flash 5
Synopsis
string.charCodeAt(index)
Arguments
- index
The integer position of a character in
string
, which should be in the range 0 (the first character) tostring
.length-1
(the last character).
Returns
An integer representing the Latin 1 or Shift-JIS code point, as shown
in Appendix B, of the character in the position
index
within
string
.
Example
var msg = "A is the first letter of the Latin alphabet."; trace(msg.charCodeAt(0)); // Displays: 65 (the code for the "A" character) trace(msg.charCodeAt(1)); // Displays: 32 (the code for the space character)
See Also
String.charAt( )
, String.fromCharCode(
)
; Appendix B, Section 4.6.9.2 in Chapter 4
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