[erlang-questions] Newbie question converting char to ascii value

[David Mercer]

Try hd(atom_to_list(a)).

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> Behalf Of Paul Johnston
> Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 10:45 AM
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> Subject: [erlang-questions] Newbie question converting char to ascii value
> 
> Hi
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> 
> I want to take a character store it in a variable and then get it's
> ascii value.
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> I know
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> 1> $a.
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> 97
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> But want something like
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> 
> 
> 2> Letter = a.
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> a
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> 3> $Letter.
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> * 1: syntax error before: etter
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> 3>
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> I could do it
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> char_to_ascii(Letter) ->
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>             case Letter of
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>                         a -> 97;
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>                         b -> 98;
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>                         ...
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>             end.
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> 
> But that would be silly :-)
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> 
> Cheers Paul
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> 
> Paul Johnston
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> e-mail Paul.Johnston@REDACTED
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