ASCII

Applies to: ✅ Data 360 SQL ✅ Tableau Hyper API

Returns the ASCII code of the first character of a string. For UTF-8, returns the Unicode code point.

1ascii(<string>)

• <string>: The string whose first character code is to be returned.

Returns an integer representing the ASCII code or Unicode code point of the first character.

Get the ASCII code of a character.

1SELECT ascii('x') AS result;

Returns 120, the ASCII code for ‘x’.

• String Types