Edit File: ord.awk
# ord.awk --- do ord and chr # Global identifiers: # _ord_: numerical values indexed by characters # _ord_init: function to initialize _ord_ # # Arnold Robbins, arnold@skeeve.com, Public Domain # 16 January, 1992 # 20 July, 1992, revised BEGIN { _ord_init() } function _ord_init( low, high, i, t) { low = sprintf("%c", 7) # BEL is ascii 7 if (low == "\a") { # regular ascii low = 0 high = 127 } else if (sprintf("%c", 128 + 7) == "\a") { # ascii, mark parity low = 128 high = 255 } else { # ebcdic(!) low = 0 high = 255 } for (i = low; i <= high; i++) { t = sprintf("%c", i) _ord_[t] = i } } function ord(str, c) { # only first character is of interest c = substr(str, 1, 1) return _ord_[c] } function chr(c) { # force c to be numeric by adding 0 return sprintf("%c", c + 0) }