[ksh93-integration-discuss] Character to character integer value?

[William James]

How can I convert a character like ù (small u, grave accent) to the
integer character value of the current locale, i.e. per
http://saftsack.fs.uni-bayreuth.de/html/HTML_2.0/iso8859-1.html ù is
249

Cheers,
William
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