ascii
Description
This function returns the ascii value of the leftmost character of a given string.
Syntax
INT ascii(VARCHAR str)
Examples
MySQL > select ascii('1');
+------------+
| ascii('1') |
+------------+
| 49 |
+------------+
MySQL > select ascii('234');
+--------------+
| ascii('234') |
+--------------+
| 50 |
+--------------+
keyword
ASCII