---
name: ord
status: documented
runtime: pp
source: src/runtime/pp/strings/convert.rs
---
```{index} single: ord; Perl built-in (pp runtime)
```

# ord

## Synopsis

```perl
$code = ord("A");       # 65
$code = ord("☺");      # 9786
```

## Description

Returns the Unicode code point of the first character of a string.

Returns the code point of the first character. For an empty string,
returns 0. Multi-character strings return only the first character's
code point.

## See also

chr