Takes two parameters, SourceValue, Position

Description:

Return the numeric ASCII/ANSI value of a text character. The optional second parameter of Position may specify which byte position to read as the SourceValue, starting at 1 and defaulting to 1 if not specified

Example:

[New] Asc1 = Asc$ "ABC" 'Results in 65
[New] Asc3 = Asc$ "ABC", 3 'Results 67