Find the ASCII value of a character in Python

Understanding ASCII Values

ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) assigns numerical values to characters. For example, 'A' has an ASCII value of 65.

We will explore three different methods to find the ASCII value of a character in Python.

Method 1: Using ord() Function

This method prints the ASCII value of a character using the built-in ord() function.

char = input("Enter a character: ")
print("ASCII value of", char, "is", ord(char))
            

Method 2: Using a Function

This method uses a function to return the ASCII value of a character.

def get_ascii_value(ch):
    return ord(ch)

char = input("Enter a character: ")
print("ASCII value of", char, "is", get_ascii_value(char))
            

Method 3: Using Dictionary Mapping

This method stores ASCII values in a dictionary for quick lookup.

ascii_dict = {chr(i): i for i in range(128)}
char = input("Enter a character: ")
print("ASCII value of", char, "is", ascii_dict.get(char, "Not a valid ASCII character"))