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Character.ToNumber

The Unicode number of a character: the reverse of Character.FromNumber.

Group: Text and characters. Power Query M has it too: a query that uses it is written as in Power BI.

Syntax

Character.ToNumber(character as nullable text) as nullable number
ParameterTypeDescription
characternullable textA text of one character.

Returns

nullable number. The character's code point; null when the character is null.

Examples

The number of a letter

Character.ToNumber("A")
65

A Norwegian letter

Character.ToNumber("Å")
197

Character.FromNumber, Text.ToList.

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