asc

Pass a one character string, returns the ascii value. This is not very fast, so don't overuse it. I've provided a binary version as well now, should be faster. This function is obsolete. Use the builtin Verge3 asc() instead.

int asc(string char)
// Pass: A one character string
// Return: The ascii value of the chr, 0 on fail
// Credit: pelican
{
	int c;
	int i = 128;
	int x = 128;
	while (i)
	{
		c = strcmp(char, chr(x));
		if (!c) return x;
		i = i>>1;
		x += c * i;
	}
	return 0;
}


int asc(string char)
// Pass: A one character string
// Return: The ascii value of the chr, 0 on fail
// Assmes: Passed string is one character exactly
{
	int i;
	for (i = 1; i < 256; i++)
	{
		// To optimise, create an array[256] and sort
		// front to back by commonest occurence
		if(!strcmp(char, chr(i))) return i;
	}
	return 0;
}