str2ascii

Convert string to array of type uint8

Syntax

A = str2ascii(str,n)

Description

A = str2ascii(str,n) returns array of type uint8 containing ASCII values for the first n characters in str, where n is a positive integer. If str has fewer than n characters, the remaining elements of A are set to 0.

Use of variables or expressions for n is not supported.

Note

The operator str2ascii is supported only in Stateflow^® charts that use C as the action language.

Examples

String to ASCII Values

Return uint8 array {72,101,108,108,111}.

str = "Hello, world!";
A = str2ascii(str,5);

Tips

• Enclose literal strings with single or double quotes.

Version History

Introduced in R2018b