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charCode

charCode(text: String): Number

Returns the Unicode for the first character in an input string.

For an empty string, the function fails and returns Unexpected empty string.

Parameters

Name Description

text

The input string.

Example

This example returns Unicode for the "M" in "Mule".

Source

%dw 2.0
import * from dw::core::Strings
output application/json
---
{
  "charCode" : charCode("Mule")
}

Output

{ "charCode" : 77 }

charCode(text: Null): Null

Helper function that enables charCode to work with a null value.

Introduced in DataWeave version 2.4.0.