Python Ord () function

Describe

The Ord () function is the Chr () function (for 8-bit ASCII strings) or the UNICHR () function (for Unicode objects), which returns the corresponding ASCII value, or Unicode value, as a parameter with a character (a string of length 1). If the given Unicode character exceeds your Python definition range, a TypeError exception is thrown.

Grammar

The following is the syntax for the Ord () method:

Ord (c)

Parameters

• C--character.

return value

The return value is the corresponding decimal integer.

Instance

The following shows an example of using the Ord () method:

>>>ord (' a ') 97>>> ord (' B ') 98>>> ord (' C ') 99

Python Ord () function