

Refer to the below table, Excel ASC Function will convert the “Char” value to “Dec” value. 8 bit means the computer memory uses “8” digits with 1 and 0 combination (binary) to represent a character, 8 bits memory is equal to 1 byte. Many old systems still use this encoding system. ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) uses 8-bit code units, an old encoding system which stores mainly numbers, lowercase letters a to z, uppercase letters A to Z, basic punctuation symbols, control codes.

This page explains how to use Excel VBA ASCFunction to get ASCII value of a text, and how to check if a text contains an alphabet, number or symbol What is Excel VBA ASC Function?Įxcel VBA ASC Function returns the ASCII value of the first character in a text.
