charToNum

the charToNum of char

Value returned: positive integer equal to the ASCII value of the char

Demo Script

on nameUpperCase
   ask "Please enter your name:"
   if (it is empty) or (the result is "Cancel") then exit nameUpperCase
   answer uppercase(it)
 end nameUpperCase
 

 function upperCase whatStr
   repeat with charNum = 1 to the number of chars in whatStr
     put charToNum(char charNum of whatStr) into thisChar
     if thisChar ≥ 97 AND thisChar ≤ 122
     then put numToChar(thisChar - 32) into char charNum of whatStr
   end repeat
   return whatStr
 end upperCase

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char
An expression that yields a single character.

For example:

"a"
return
tab
numToChar(13)

charToNum

Demo Script

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