ASCII()

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Overview

Returns the numeric ASCII value of the leftmost character of the given argument.

-- Note that .05 renders as 0.05
SELECT ASCII(.05), ASCII('0');

+------------+------------+
| ASCII(.05) | ASCII('0') |
+------------+------------+
|         48 |         48 |
+------------+------------+

SELECT ASCII('Foo'), ASCII('f');

+--------------+------------+
| ASCII('Foo') | ASCII('f') |
+--------------+------------+
|           70 |        102 |
+--------------+------------+

Release Series	History
11.4 Enterprise	Not present.
10.6 Enterprise	Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.6.4-1.
10.6 Community	Present starting in MariaDB Community Server 10.6.0.
10.5 Enterprise	Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.5.3-1.
10.5 Community	Present starting in MariaDB Community Server 10.5.0.
10.4 Enterprise	Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.4.6-1.
10.4 Community	Present starting in MariaDB Community Server 10.4.0.
10.3 Enterprise	Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.3.16-1.
10.3 Community	Present starting in MariaDB Community Server 10.3.0.
10.2 Enterprise	Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.2.25-1.
10.2 Community	Present starting in MariaDB Community Server 10.2.0.

Release Series	History
11.4 Enterprise	Not present.
10.6 Enterprise	Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.6.4-1.
10.5 Enterprise	Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.5.3-1.
10.4 Enterprise	Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.4.6-1.

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