ASC

ASC(text)

Returns the text string converted from double byte to single byte characters.

text

The text string to convert to single byte characters.

REMARKS

* This function does not appear in the Function Wizard or the Cell AutoComplete.
* This function is used in conjunction with Double Byte Character Set (DBCS) languages.
* This changes full-width, double byte characters to half-width, single byte characters.
* You can use the DBCS function to convert from single byte to double byte characters.
* This function was added in Excel 2010
* This function was available in earlier Japanese versions of Excel.
* There is a VBA function with the same name VBA.Asc but it does something completely different.
* For the Microsoft documentation refer to support.microsoft.com
* For the Google documentation refer to support.google.com

	A
1	=ASC("hello") = hello
2	=ASC("some text") = some text
3	=ASC("even more") = even more
4	=ASC("EXCEL") = EXCEL
5	=ASC(10) = 10
6	=ASC(20) = 20
7	=ASC(-5) = -5