Code Snippet: Characters and Strings to ASCII Values
From Coder Merlin
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Characters and Strings to ASCII Values[edit]
Swift[edit]
// Credit:
// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29835242/whats-the-simplest-way-to-convert-from-a-single-character-string-to-an-ascii-va
// https://stackoverflow.com/users/2303865/leo-dabus
// First, set up required extension for Character
extension Character {
var isAscii: Bool {
return unicodeScalars.first?.isASCII == true
}
var ascii: UInt32? {
return isAscii ? unicodeScalars.first?.value : nil
}
}
// Then, set up useful extension for Strings
extension StringProtocol {
var ascii: [UInt32] {
return compactMap { $0.ascii }
}
}
// Demonstrate obtaining the value for a single character
print("H".ascii)
// Demonstrate obtaining the value for a string
print("Hello".ascii)
Python[edit]
# Single Character
print(ord('H'))
# Entire string
print([ord(char) for char in "Hello"])
Java[edit]
char c = 'x'; // some character
int asciiCode = (int) c; // it's that easy!