JS: String.prototype.codePointAt

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .

New in JS2015.

str.codePointAt(pos)
Return a integer that's the Codepoint of character at position pos of str. 
"abc".codePointAt(0) === 97
console.log("😂".codePointAt(0) === 128514);

/*
😂
name: FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY
codepoint 128514
codepoint hexadecimal 1f602
*/

See also: Unicode Search 😄

JavaScript, String, Char, Encoding, Hexadecimal

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