Characters have a value assigned to them. The functions Asc() converts the character into the ASCII Value and the function Chr() converts the ASCII value into the character. This video will show how to use keypresses to get ASCII values for characters pressed and will show how to sort text into letters, numbers and other characters using ASCII values.
ASCII Table Link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII
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VBT16_1.zip
VBT16_2.zip