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UNICODE

The Unicode code point of a text's first character.

Group: Text. Compatible with DAX.

Syntax

UNICODE ( <Text> )

Parameter	Type	Description
`Text`	Text	The text whose first character is wanted; a number becomes text first.

Returns

Whole number. The Unicode code point of the text's first character.

Remarks

Only the first character counts. An emoji gives its full code point, even though LEN counts it as two.
Empty text and a blank both give BLANK.
UNICHAR goes the other way.

Examples

Code points

EVALUATE
ROW (
    "A", UNICODE ( "A" ),
    "Øl", UNICODE ( "Øl" ),
    "😀", UNICODE ( "😀" ),
    "Empty", UNICODE ( "" ),
    "The number 7", UNICODE ( 7 )
)

A	Øl	😀	Empty	The number 7
65	216	128512	(blank)	55

UNICHAR, LEFT, EXACT.

Last updated 3 November 2026 · OpenBI Studio 0.3.74