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Perl 5 version 24.0 documentation

ord

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  • ord EXPR

  • ord

    Returns the numeric value of the first character of EXPR. If EXPR is an empty string, returns 0. If EXPR is omitted, uses $_ . (Note character, not byte.)

    For the reverse, see chr. See perlunicode for more about Unicode.

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