Ord

SWF Action
Action Category: 
String and Characters
Action Details: 
0
Action Identifier: 
50
Action Structure: 
<n.a.>
Action Length: 
0 byte(s)
Action Stack: 
pop 1 (s), push 1 (i)
Action Operation: 
s1 := pop();
r = s1[0];
push(r);
Action Flash Version: 
4
See Also: 
Chr
Chr (multi-byte)
Ord (multi-byte)
SubString
SubString (multi-byte)

Pop one string, compute the ASCII value of its first character and put it back on the stack.

This function does not take UTF-8 in account. In other words, it can be used to parse a string byte per byte. To get the UTF-8 value of characters, use the Ord (multi-byte) instead.