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    TCharacter.GetNumericValue

    Get the numeric value of the character.

    Declaration

    Source position: character.pas line 108

    public 
class function GetNumericValue(AChar: UnicodeChar) : Double;  overload
                              ;  static; overload;

class function GetNumericValue(const AString: UnicodeString; 
                              AIndex: Integer) : Double;  overload
                              ;  static; overload;

class function GetNumericValue(aChar: UCS4Char) : Double;  overload
                              ;  static; overload;

    Description

    TCharacter.GetNumericValue returns the numerical value (ID) of the Unicode character. The character can be presented in 2 ways: AChar, a UTF16 Unicode character, or a surrogate pair in a Unicode string AString starting at position AIndex.

    Errors

    If AIndex is not a valid character index in the string AString, an EArgumentOutOfRangeException exception is raised. If the character at that position is not complete, an EArgumentException exception is raised.

    See also

    Name Description
    TCharacter.GetUnicodeCategory Get the Unicode category of a character.