From: "Collins, Joe (EDSI\\BDR)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> How can I convert the scalar 'A' (or 'a') to 1, 'B' to 2 and so on?
> Related: how do I get the true internal value for A, i.e. ascii
> value?
$num = ord($char) - ord('A') + 1
or if you do it often
my $char_base = ord('A') - 1;
...
$num = ord($char) - $char_base;
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