Name: codepointToNum

Type: function

Syntax: codepointToNum(<unicodeCodepoint>)

Summary: Converts a Unicode codepoint to an integer.

Introduced: 7.0

OS: mac,windows,linux,ios,android

Platforms: desktop,server,web,mobile

Example:

get codepointToNum("A")

Example:

put codepointToNum(space) is 0x20

Example:

get codepointToNum(codepoint 1 of field "data")

Parameters:

unicodeCodepoint: A single Unicode codepoint

Returns (integer): The <codepointToNum> function returns an integer in the range 0x000000 to 0x10FF that identifies the given character.

Description:

Use the <codepointToNum> function to translate a Unicode codepoint to its integer represntation.

The <codepointToNum> function takes a Unicode codepoint and returns its integer vaalue.

The <codepointToNum> function raises an exception if the argument contains multiple codepoints; it should generally be used in the form:

codepointToNum(codepoint x of string)

Codepoints that are not currently assigned to characters by the latest Unicode standard are not considered to be invalid in order to ensure compatibility with future standards.

References: nativeCharToNum (function), codepointProperty (function), numToNativeChar (function), normalizeText (function), numToCodepoint (function)