ASCII

Description

Returns the ASCII code of the first character of a string

Syntax

ASCII ( <str> )

Parameters

Parameter	Description
<str>	The string whose ASCII code of the first character needs to be calculated

Return value

Parameter ASCII code of the first character

Example

SELECT ASCII('1'),ASCII('234')

+------------+--------------+
| ascii('1') | ascii('234') |
+------------+--------------+
|         49 |           50 |
+------------+--------------+