unicodeAsInt()

This is one of several functions that EGL maintains for compatibility with I4GL. The strLib.unicodeAsInt() system function returns the Unicode code point (numeric representation) of a character as an INT.

The complementary function strLib.intAsUnicode() returns the Unicode character to which a code point refers.

  strLib.unicodeAsInt(character UNICODE(1)? in)
  returns (code INT?)

character

Input can be any variable or expression that is assignment compatible with the UNICODE type (see "Assignment compatibility in EGL"). This means, for example, that you can use a STRING variable as input, but the function evaluates only the first character.

code

The decimal value of the Unicode code point for character is returned as an INT. If character is null, the function returns a null value.

  source STRING = "ABC";
  result INT;
  result = strLib.unicodeAsInt(source);
  // result is  65