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<paragraph id="par_id3151384" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Returns the Unicode value of the first character in a string expression.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3149415" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Text:</emph> Any valid string expression. Only the first character in the string is relevant.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3145609" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Use the AscW function to replace keys with Unicode values. If the AscW function encounters a blank string, %PRODUCTNAME Basic reports a run-time error. Returned values are between 0 and 65535.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3150792" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> Print AscW("A") ' returns 65</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3148797" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> Print AscW("Ω") ' returns 937</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3163800" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> Print AscW("Αθήνα") ' returns 913, since only the first character (Alpha) is taken into account</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idN1067B" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120102.xhp">Chr</link></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id051920171027053197" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120112.xhp">ChrW</link></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id051920171027051338" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120101.xhp">Asc</link></paragraph>
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