JS: String.prototype.charCodeAt

str.charCodeAt (index)

Return a integer that's the code unit at index index in str.

[see JS: Character, Code Unit, Codepoint]

example:

"abc".charCodeAt(0) === 97

console.log ( "abc".charCodeAt (0) === 97 ); // true

If the string contains NON-ASCII character, result may not be what you expect.

console.log ( "😂".charCodeAt(0) === 55357); // true
console.log ( "😂".charCodeAt(0) === 0xd83d); // true

// 😂
// name: FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY
// codepoint decimal: 128514
// codepoint hexadecimal: 1f602
// UTF8 encoding: F0 9F 98 82
// Utf16 encoding: D8 3D DE 02

Note, you probably want codePointAt instead.

[see JS: String.prototype.codePointAt]