[lp_string_ucs]

Description

Returns the UCS decimal value of a given character.  Optionally may return it as a hex or binary value.  Empty strings and nulls return the value zero.

Requires [lp_math_dectohex], [lp_math_dectobin]

Sample Usage

lp_string_ucs:'a';'
'; // returns 97
lp_string_ucs:'a',-hex;'
'; // returns 61
lp_string_ucs:'a',-bin;'
'; // returns 1100001
lp_string_ucs:'ä';'
'; // returns 228
lp_string_ucs:'ä',-hex;'
'; // returns E4
lp_string_ucs:'ä',-bin;'
'; // returns 11100100

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[

define_tag:'lp_string_ucs',
	-description='Returns the UCS decimal value of a given character.',
	-priority='replace',
	-required='char', -copy;

	// http://www.unicode.org/charts/
	// http://www.426.ch/ascii.html

	#char = string: #char;
	
	if: #char->size == 0;
		return: 0;
	/if;
	
	if: params->(find: '-hex')->size;
		return: (lp_math_dectohex: #char->(get:1)->integer);
	else: params->(find: '-bin')->size;
		return: (lp_math_dectobin: #char->(get:1)->integer);
	/if;
	
	// default = decimal
	return: #char->(get:1)->integer;

/define_tag;

]

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