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charCodeAt Method (JScript 5.6) 

Returns an integer representing the Unicode encoding of the character at the specified location.


strObj.charCodeAt(index)

Arguments

  • strObj
    Required. Any String object or literal.
  • index
    Required. Zero-based index of the desired character. Valid values are between 0 and the length of the string minus 1.

Remarks

The first character in a string is at index 0, the second is at index 1, and so forth.

If there is no character at the specified index, NaN is returned.

Example

The following example illustrates the use of the charCodeAt method.

function charCodeAtTest(n){

  var str = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"; //Initialize variable.

   return str.charCodeAt(n - 1);  //Return Unicode value of the character.

}

Requirements

Version 5.5

Applies To: String Object (JScript 5.6)

See Also

Reference

fromCharCode Method (JScript 5.6)