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ord function - Convert ASCII characters to numbers

You can use the ord function to convert ASCII code characters to numbers, which are internal representations. This is the opposite of chr function.

my $ascii_code = ord $char;

Ord function example

This is an example that uses the ord function to convert ASCII code characters to numbers, which is an internal representation.

use strict;
use warnings;

print "(1) Convert ASCII code characters to internal table\current numbers.\n";

# In the ASCII character code, 65, 66, and 67 correspond to'A', ' B', and'C', respectively.
my $A = 'A';
my $B = 'B';
my $C = 'C';

print ord($A) . "\n";
print ord($B) . "\n";
print ord($C) . "\n";