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String.charCodeAt

string, string.charcodeat, charcodeat, character code at

Availability

Flash Player 5.

Usage

myString.charCodeAt(index)

Parameters

index An integer that specifies the position of a character in the string. The first character is indicated by 0, and the last character is indicated by myString.length-1.

Returns

An integer.

Description

Method; returns a 16-bit integer from 0 to 65535 that represents the character specified by index.

This method is similar to string.charAt except that the returned value is a 16-bit integer character code, not a character.

Example

In the following example, the charCodeAt method is called on the first letter of the string "Chris".

s = new String("Chris");
i = s.charCodeAt(0);
// i = 67