# ASCIISUM()

calculate the sum of the ASCII values of the characters in a string

Syntax

  ASCIISUM (<cString>) --> nAsciiSum

Arguments

  <cString> the string to be processed

Returns

  <nAsciiSum> sum of the ASCII values in <cString>

Description

  The ASCIISUM() function sums up the ASCII values of the characters in <cString>. Be aware that the function is not position sensitive, i.e. a change of position of a certain character in the string does not change the ascii sum.

Examples

          ? asciisum ("ABC")  -->  197
          ? asciisum ("ACB")  -->  197
    Tests
          asciisum (replicate ("A", 10000)) == 650000
          asciisum ("0123456789") == 525
          asciisum (nil) == 0

Status

  Ready

Compliance

  ASCIISUM() is compatible with CT3's ASCIISUM().

Platforms

  All

Files

  Source is asciisum.c, library is ct3.

See Also

- CHECKSUM()