ord Function in Perl

What is ord Function in Perl?

Explanation

ord function is used to return the ASCII numeric value of the string specified.

Syntax:


ord EXPR;
ord;

In the above syntax, ord() takes a "string" as the argument.

Example :


#! C:programfilesperlbinperl
print "content-type: text/htmlnn";
print ("ord ('L')");
Result :

76

In the above ord function example the ASCII value of the string "L" is returned as "76".

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