http://www.purl.org/tcl/home/man/tcl8.4/TclCmd/scan.htm ---- display and numeric format for ASCII characters. display and numeric format for ASCII characters. Scan provides the usual answer: foreach character {a A b B c} { scan $character %c numeric puts "ASCII character '$numeric' displays as '$character'." } ASCII character '97' displays as 'a'. ASCII character '65' displays as 'A'. ASCII character '98' displays as 'b'. ASCII character '66' displays as 'B'. ASCII character '99' displays as 'c'. ** Effect on the Internal Representation of a Value ** ---- [Tcl syntax help] - [Arts and crafts of Tcl-Tk programming] - [Category Command]