Returns the ASCII code value of the leftmost character of a character expression.
ASCII(character_expression)
int
This example, which assumes an ASCII character set, returns the ASCII value and char character for each character in the string Du monde entier.
SET TEXTSIZE 0
SET NOCOUNT ON
-- Create the variables for the current position of the character string
-- and for the character string.
DECLARE @position int, @string char(15)
-- Initialize the variables.
SET @position = 1
SET @string = 'Du monde entier'
WHILE @position <= DATALENGTH(@string)
BEGIN
SELECT ASCII(SUBSTRING(@string, @position, 1)),
CHAR(ASCII(SUBSTRING(@string, @position, 1)))
SET @position = @position + 1
END
SET NOCOUNT OFF
GO
Here is the result set:
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68 D
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117 u
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32
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109 m
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111 o
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110 n
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100 d
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101 e
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32
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101 e
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110 n
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116 t
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105 i
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101 e
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114 r