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ascii

Description​

This function returns the ascii value of the leftmost character of a given string.

Syntax​

INT ascii(VARCHAR str)

Examples​

MySQL > select ascii('1');
+------------+
| ascii('1') |
+------------+
|         49 |
+------------+

MySQL > select ascii('234');
+--------------+
| ascii('234') |
+--------------+
|           50 |
+--------------+

keyword​

ASCII