The ORD function returns an integer value that is the ordinal position of argument-1 in the collating sequence for the program. The lowest ordinal position is 1. The type of this function is integer.
FUNCTION ORD (argument-1)
| argument-1 | Must be one character in length, and must be class alphabetic or alphanumeric. |
The returned value is the ordinal position of argument-1 in the collating sequence for the program.