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## strchar

strchar — Return the ASCII code of a character in a string

## Description

Return the ASCII code of the character in Sstr at ipos (defaults to zero which means the first character), or zero if ipos is out of range. strchar runs at init time only.

## Syntax

    ichr strchar Sstr[, ipos]

## Examples

Here is an example of the strchar opcode. It uses the file strchar.csd.

Example 872. Example of the strchar opcode.

See the sections Real-time Audio and Command Line Flags for more information on using command line flags.

    <CsoundSynthesizer>
    <CsOptions>
    -ndm0
    </CsOptions>
    <CsInstruments>
    ;example by joachim heintz 2013

      opcode ToAscii, S, S				;returns the ASCII numbers of the input string as string

    Sin        xin 					;input string
    ilen       strlen     Sin 			;its length
    ipos       =          0 			;set counter to zero
    Sres       =          "" 			;initialize output string
    loop:                 				;for all characters in input string:
    ichr       strchar    Sin, ipos 		;get its ascii code number
    Snew       sprintf    "%d ", ichr 		;put this number into a new string
    Sres       strcat     Sres, Snew 		;append this to the output string
               loop_lt    ipos, 1, ilen, loop 	;see comment for 'loop:'
               xout       Sres 			;return output string
      endop

      instr Characters

    printf_i "\nCharacters:\n  given as single strings: %s%s%s%s%s%s\n", 1, "c", "s", "o", "u", "n", "d"
    printf_i "  but can also be given as numbers: %c%c%c%c%c%c\n", 1, 99, 115, 111, 117, 110, 100
    Scsound ToAscii "csound"
    printf_i "  in csound, the ASCII code of a character can be accessed with the opcode strchar.%s", 1, "\n"
    printf_i "  the name 'csound' returns the numbers %s\n\n", 1, Scsound
      endin

    </CsInstruments>
    <CsScore>

    i "Characters" 0 0
    e
    </CsScore>
    </CsoundSynthesizer>

## See also

strchark

## Credits

Author: Istvan Varga
2006

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