How to Use the ASC Function in Excel
The ASC function in Excel and Google Sheets is designed to convert a specific character to its corresponding ASCII code. ASCII, which stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a character encoding standard utilized by computers and communications equipment to represent texts and control characters.
Syntax:
ASC(text)Where:
- text is the character whose ASCII code you need to determine.
Examples:
Below are some examples demonstrating the application of the ASC function in both Excel and Google Sheets.
Example 1:
Retrieving the ASCII code for the character ‘A’.
| Character | ASCII Code |
|---|---|
| A | =ASC(“A”) |
The formula =ASC("A") yields the ASCII code 65, because ‘A’ is represented by 65 in the ASCII system.
Example 2:
Calculating the ASCII codes for each character in the string “HELLO”.
| Text | ASCII Codes |
|---|---|
| HELLO | =ASC(A1)&, ASC(B1)&, ASC(C1)&, ASC(D1)&, ASC(E1) |
If ‘HELLO’ is placed in cells A1 to E1, this formula returns the ASCII codes for each individual character in the string.
These examples illustrate how the ASC function can be effectively utilized in Excel and Google Sheets for handling ASCII codes. This function proves particularly beneficial for text manipulation and conversion tasks in spreadsheet environments.
More information: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/asc-function-0b6abf1c-c663-4004-a964-ebc00b723266