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  string.byte(s [, i])
{{luaapi}}
Returns the numerical code of a character in a string.
  indexByte = string.byte(s [, index[, endIndex]])
indexByte = strbyte(s [, index[, endIndex]])


Return the numerical code the i-th character of the string passed.


== Arguments ==
:s [, index[, endIndex]]
:; s : String - The string to get the numerical code from
:; index : Number - Optional argument specifying the index of the character to get the byte value of
:; endIndex : Number - Optional argument specifying the index of the last character to return the value of
== Returns ==
; indexByte : Number - The byte value of the character at the specified position or nil if the index is invalid
== Example ==
  > = string.byte("ABCDE")      -- no index, so the first character
  > = string.byte("ABCDE")      -- no index, so the first character
  65
  65
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  > = string.byte("ABCDE",0)    -- we're not using C
  > = string.byte("ABCDE",0)    -- we're not using C
  > = string.byte("ABCDE",100)  -- index out of range, no value returned
  > = string.byte("ABCDE",100)  -- index out of range, no value returned
> = string.byte("ABCDE", 1, 3)
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== Details ==
: The first valid index is 1.
: The last valid index is the length of the string.
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