Hi NG,

I need a script which translates
a character, e.g. A to  its ascii-value (65).
The script has to cope with A-Z.

Thank you for your answers.

Regards, Martin

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2007-01-23, 18:04(+01), Martin Klar:
>    Hi NG,
>
>    I need a script which translates
>    a character, e.g. A to  its ascii-value (65).
>    The script has to cope with A-Z.
>
>    Thank you for your answers.
[...]

printf '%d\n' "'A"

also with zsh:

print $((##A))

or:

var=A
print $((#var))

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Stéphane

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