The sequential order of ASCII data. In ASCII code, lower case characters follow upper case. True ASCII order would put the words DATA, data and SYSTEM into the following sequence. See ASCII chart.

sorts character variables using the ASCII collating sequence. You need this option only when you sort by ASCII on a system where EBCDIC is the native collating sequence. Restriction: You can specify ...

THE notion of assigning specific number values to letters dates back as least as far as 700 BC. According to an inscription from his reign, Sargon II, an Assyrian king, built a perimeter wall around ...