Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition Asc Function | Language Reference Version 1

See Also

##### Description

> Returns the ANSI character code corresponding to the first letter in a string.

##### Syntax

> Asc(string)

> The string argument is any valid string expression. If the string contains no characters, a run-time error occurs.

##### Remarks

> In the following example, Asc returns the ANSI character code of the first letter of each string:

> >     Dim MyNumber
> >     MyNumber = Asc("A")      'Returns 65
> >     MyNumber = Asc("a")      'Returns 97
> >     MyNumber = Asc("Apple")  'Returns 65

> Note The AscB function is used with byte data contained in a string. Instead of returning the character code for the first character, AscB returns the first byte. AscW is provided for 32-bit platforms that use Unicode characters. It returns the Unicode (wide) character code, thereby avoiding the conversion from Unicode to ANSI.

© 1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Terms of Use.