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charToNum

the charToNum of char

Value returned: positive integer equal to the ASCII value of the char

Examples

the charToNum of "A"

charToNum("A")

put numToChar(charToNum("A")) = "A"

Demo Script

on nameUpperCase

  ask "Please enter your name:"

  if (it is empty) or (the result is "Cancel") then exit nameUpperCase

  answer uppercase(it)

end nameUpperCase

function upperCase whatStr

  repeat with charNum = 1 to the number of chars in whatStr

    put charToNum(char charNum of whatStr) into thisChar

    if thisChar ≥ 97 AND thisChar ≤ 122

    then put numToChar(thisChar - 32) into char charNum of whatStr

  end repeat

  return whatStr

end upperCase

Placeholders

char

An expression that yields a single character.

For example:

"a"

return

tab

numToChar(13)

charToNum

charToNum

Examples

Demo Script

Related Topics

Placeholders

char