ord

ord EXPR

ord

Returns the numeric value of the first character of EXPR. If EXPR is an empty string, returns 0. If EXPR is omitted, uses $_ . (Note character, not byte.)

For the reverse, see chr. See perlunicode for more about Unicode.

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