Converting Between ASCII Characters and Values

(For all intents and purposes, this project is dead, but let us just call it "Deferred Indefinitely". Shall we?)

Problem

You want to convert an ASCII character to it's ASCII (integer) value and back.

Solution

?x
  ==>120
"x"[0]
  ==>120
120.chr
  ==>"x"
exit

Discussion

Characters in their raw form (?x) are already in ASCII value form. To convert a particular character in a string instance to it's ordinal value, simply access that character by index. To convert an integer into it's ASCII character, simply call it's chr method.

Contrast

Many C-flavored languages have ord and chr functions for converting back and forth. Perl, C, and BASIC come to mind.

Status: In Progress