CODE

The CODE function returns the decimal Unicode number of the first character in a specified string.

CODE(code-string)

code-string: The string value from which to return the Unicode value. Only the first character is used.

Notes

You can use the CHAR function to do the opposite of the CODE function: convert a numeric code into a text character.

Examples
=CODE(“A”) returns 65, the character code for uppercase “A”. =CODE(“abc”) returns 97, the character code for lowercase “a”. =CHAR(97) returns “a”. =CODE(“f”) returns 102, the character code for lowercase “f”. =CODE(“三二一”) returns 19,977, the decimal Unicode value of the first character.

Examples

=CODE(“A”) returns 65, the character code for uppercase “A”.

=CODE(“abc”) returns 97, the character code for lowercase “a”.

=CHAR(97) returns “a”.

=CODE(“f”) returns 102, the character code for lowercase “f”.

=CODE(“三二一”) returns 19,977, the decimal Unicode value of the first character.