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# Ord

Ord -- Return ASCII value of character.

## Description

`int ord`(string string);

Returns the ASCII value of the first character of `string`. This function complements chr().

Example 1. Ord() example

      1
      2 if (ord ($str) == 10) {
      3     echo "The first character of \$str is a line feed.\n";
      4 }
      5

See also chr().

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