Syntax
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ORD(str)
 
Description
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If the leftmost character of the string str is a multi-byte
character,
returns the code for that character, calculated from the
numeric
values of its constituent bytes using this formula:
 
 (1st byte code)
+ (2nd byte code x 256)
+ (3rd byte code x 256 x 256) ...
 
If the leftmost character is not a multi-byte character,
ORD() returns
the same value as the ASCII() function.
 
Examples
-------- 
SELECT ORD('2');
+----------+
| ORD('2') |
+----------+
| 50 |
+----------+
 


URL: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/ord/