47 lines
758 B
Groff
47 lines
758 B
Groff
.TH ascii "" "" "/rdb Command"
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.PC "Return the ASCII value of a character"
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\fBascii \fIcharacter...\fR
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.PP
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.II ASCII
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The command
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.B ascii
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converts each of the characters in its first argument
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to a space-delimited series of numbers.
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You can use this command to find the internal computer representation
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of a character.
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Any strings following the first are ignored.
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If you have spaces in your string, be sure to put
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quotation marks around them.
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.SH Example
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The command
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.DM
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ascii aA1
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.DE
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.PP
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produces:
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.DM
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97 65 49
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.DE
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.PP
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The command
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.DM
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ascii ' '
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.DE
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.PP
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produces:
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.DM
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32
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.DE
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.PP
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Note that the single space character, enclosed within apostrophes,
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is converted to its ASCII code in decimal (32).
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.SH "See Also"
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.B
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chr
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.R
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.br
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COHERENT Lexicon:
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.B
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ASCII
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.R
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