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+# ord.awk --- do ord and chr
+
+# Global identifiers:
+# _ord_: numerical values indexed by characters
+# _ord_init: function to initialize _ord_
+#
+# Arnold Robbins, arnold@skeeve.com, Public Domain
+# 16 January, 1992
+# 20 July, 1992, revised
+
+BEGIN { _ord_init() }
+
+function _ord_init( low, high, i, t)
+{
+ low = sprintf("%c", 7) # BEL is ascii 7
+ if (low == "\a") { # regular ascii
+ low = 0
+ high = 127
+ } else if (sprintf("%c", 128 + 7) == "\a") {
+ # ascii, mark parity
+ low = 128
+ high = 255
+ } else { # ebcdic(!)
+ low = 0
+ high = 255
+ }
+
+ for (i = low; i <= high; i++) {
+ t = sprintf("%c", i)
+ _ord_[t] = i
+ }
+}
+function ord(str, c)
+{
+ # only first character is of interest
+ c = substr(str, 1, 1)
+ return _ord_[c]
+}
+
+function chr(c)
+{
+ # force c to be numeric by adding 0
+ return sprintf("%c", c + 0)
+}