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ORD Function

The ORD function returns an integer value that is the ordinal position of argument-1 in the collating sequence for the program. The lowest ordinal position is 1. The type of this function is integer.

Usage

FUNCTION ORD (argument-1)

Parameters

Argument-1 must be one character in length, and must be class alphabetic or alphanumeric.

Returned Values

The returned value is the ordinal position of argument-1 in the collating sequence for the program.