# otp.ops.ascii

### ascii(value)

Returns the ASCII code of the first character in the string `value`.

* **Parameters:**
  **value** (str, [`Operation`](https://docs.pip.distribution.sol.onetick.com/api/operation/root.html.md#onetick.py.Operation))
* **Return type:**
  [`Operation`](https://docs.pip.distribution.sol.onetick.com/api/operation/root.html.md#onetick.py.Operation)

### Examples

Get the ASCII code of the first character in the string literal:

```pycon
>>> data = otp.Tick(A=otp.ops.ascii('hello'))
>>> otp.run(data)
        Time    A
0 2003-12-01  104
```

Get the ASCII code of the first character in each string of the column:

```pycon
>>> data = otp.Ticks(A=['hello', 'world'])
>>> data['ASCII'] = otp.ops.ascii(data['A'])
>>> otp.run(data)
                     Time      A  ASCII
0 2003-12-01 00:00:00.000  hello    104
1 2003-12-01 00:00:00.001  world    119
```

#### SEE ALSO
**ASCII** OneTick function
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