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ascii    --    convert between characters and ascii code

Syntax

ascii(N: INT): STRING ascii(L: LIST of INT): STRING ascii(S: STRING): LIST of INT

Description

In the first form, ascii returns the character whose ASCII code is N.

In the second form, ascii returns the string whose characters, in order, have the ASCII codes listed in L.

The third form is the inverse of the second: it returns the ASCII codes of the characters in S.

Example

/**/ ascii(97); a /**/ C := ascii("hello world"); /**/ C; [104, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, 119, 111, 114, 108, 100] /**/ ascii(C); hello world