String.charCodeAt()

Availability

Flash Player 5.

Usage

my_str.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 my_str.length - 1.

Returns

An integer.

Description

Method; returns a 16-bit integer from 0 to 65535 that represents the character specified by index. If index is not a number from 0 to string.length - 1, NaN is returned.

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, this method is called on the first letter of the string "Chris".

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