Re: toascii() function missing

[Markus Mützel]

Am 23. März 2021 um 10:15 Uhr schrieb "Markus Mützel":
> Am 23. März 2021 um 10:05 Uhr schrieb "Jorge Gustavo Rocha":
> > Thank you Nicholas,
> > 
> > I was looking in the wrong place. Thank you for the pointer.
> > 
> > As a personal interpretation, I wouldn't suggest double() as a
> > replacement of toascii(). Character codes aren't double values. I would
> > prefer int8() or int16().
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Gustavo
> 
> The function "toascii" returned double values. Replacing it with the 
> functions you suggested might lead to different results. Replacing it with 
> "double" assures that the result of subsequent calculations remains the same.
> 
> Markus

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