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HP Business BASIC/XL Reference Manual

NUM 

The NUM function returns the ASCII code that corresponds to the first
character of a string.  This is an integer in the range [0, 255].

Syntax 

NUM(S$)

Parameters 

S$               A string expression whose first character will be
                 evaluated.

Examples 

     10  A = NUM("Angle")    !A = 65

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