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instance method

String#ord

str.ord → integer

Returns the Integer ordinal of a one-character string.

Example
"a".ord         #=> 97
See also #oct #partition #next! #prepend also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.0