The ascii() function converts a string
of EBCDIC-encoded characters into their equivalent ASCII values.
Syntax
ascii(exp)
Parameter(s)
exp
String of EBCDIC-encoded characters to convert.
Description
The ascii() function is the inverse of the ebcdic() function.
Note: The ascii() function cannot determine whether
the string being passed to it is already ASCII or not. Passing an
ASCII string through the ascii() function produces
undefined results.