Difference between revisions of "RANK()"

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Latest revision as of 08:24, 4 February 2013

Purpose

Function to convert an ASCII character to a number

Syntax

RANK(<expC>)

See Also

ASC(), ASCII Chart, ATOH(), CHR(), HTOA(), LEFT(), RIGHT(), STR(), SUBSTR(), VAL()

Description

The RANK() function returns the numeric value of the first ASCII character from the character expression <expC>.

Example

? rank("123")
        49
? rank ("Newcastle")
        78
nVar = rank ("Newcastle")
        78
? type("nVar")
N