charCodeAt

Summary

Returns the Unicode value of the character at the specified location.

Syntax

strObj. charCodeAt( index )

strObj

Required. Any String object or string literal.

index

Required. The zero-based index of the desired character. If there is no character at the specified index, NaN is returned.

Examples

The following example illustrates the use of the charCodeAt method.

var str = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
 document.write(str.charCodeAt(str.length - 1));

 // Output: 90

See also

Other articles

• String.fromCharCode Function

Attributions

• Microsoft Developer Network: Article