What is the use of the Asc() function in VBScript?
The Asc function
The Asc function converts the first character in a string to ANSI code and returns the result.
The Asc function Syntax is as below:
Asc(string)
string - A string expression. Cannot be an empty string! and it is Required.
The Asc function Examples are as follows:
Example 1
<%
response.write(Asc("A") & "<br />")
response.write(Asc("a") & "<br />")
response.write(Asc("F") & "<br />")
response.write(Asc("f") & "<br />")
response.write(Asc("2") & "<br />")
response.write(Asc("#") & "<br />")
%>
The output of the above code will be as below:
65
97
70
102
50
35
Example-2
Asc returns the ANSI code of only the first character in a string:
<%
response.write(Asc("S") & "<br />")
response.write(Asc("SlightBook.com"))
%>
The output of the above code will be as below:
83
83
Example-3
How to return the ANSI code of all the characters in a string:
<%
txt="SlightBook.com"
for i=1 to len(txt)
response.write(Asc(mid(txt,i,1)) & "<br />")
next
%>
The output of the above code will be as below:
83
108
105
103
104
116
32
66
111
111
107
46
99
111
109
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