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CerebroSQL

MySQL: 

ASCII

Syntax:
ASCII(str)

Returns the numeric value of the leftmost character of the string str.
Returns 0 if str is the empty string. Returns NULL if str is NULL.
ASCII() works for 8-bit characters.

URL: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/string-functions.html

Example

mysql> SELECT ASCII('2');
-> 50
mysql> SELECT ASCII(2);
-> 50
mysql> SELECT ASCII('dx');
-> 100

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