Module object

• Every field of ascii has schema Nat32 and dynamic value.
• Compile-time stack printing therefore reports Nat32 rather than one known literal.
• Runtime formatting reveals the actual numeric ASCII code point.

Type and naming

• The listed numeric values are the corresponding ASCII code points.
• aCodeBig through zCodeBig name uppercase letters.
• aCode through zCode name lowercase letters.
• openRBr, openSBr, and openFBr name round, square, and curly opening brackets.
• tilda keeps the module spelling used by the source.

Code-point boundary

• The module exposes numeric code points only.
• The module covers the ASCII range only.
• Names such as aCode and aCodeBig refer to code points, not to one specific encoded text buffer.

Control and spacing

• null = 0n32
• bell = 7n32
• backSpace = 8n32
• tab = 9n32
• lf = 10n32
• ff = 12n32
• cr = 13n32
• space = 32n32

Punctuation and digits

• exclamation = 33n32
• quote = 34n32
• grid = 35n32
• dollar = 36n32
• percent = 37n32
• ampersand = 38n32
• apostrophe = 39n32
• openRBr = 40n32
• closeRBr = 41n32
• asterisk = 42n32
• plus = 43n32
• comma = 44n32
• minus = 45n32
• dot = 46n32
• slash = 47n32
• zero through nine = 48n32 through 57n32
• colon = 58n32
• semicolon = 59n32
• less = 60n32
• equals = 61n32
• greater = 62n32
• question = 63n32
• at = 64n32
• openSBr = 91n32
• backSlash = 92n32
• closeSBr = 93n32
• pow = 94n32
• underline = 95n32
• backquote = 96n32
• openFBr = 123n32
• vertical = 124n32
• closeFBr = 125n32
• tilda = 126n32

Uppercase letters

• aCodeBig through zCodeBig = 65n32 through 90n32

Lowercase letters

• aCode through zCode = 97n32 through 122n32

Examples

Selected code points

"ascii" use
"String" use
"control" use

{} Int32 {} [
  ascii.lf toString print
  ", " print
  ascii.aCodeBig toString print
  ", " print
  ascii.tilda toString print
  0
] "main" exportFunction

Expected Output

10, 65, 126

See also

• String: UTF-8 string views, owned strings, formatting helpers, and text conversion utilities.
• windows/unicode: UTF-8 to zero-terminated UTF-16 conversion helper.