How to get the ascii code for "x"

Question

I'm in the terminal and I'm running IRB. I'm trying to get the ASCII value of x. I know the value is 120. That's correct right? When I type the following into my terminal this is the response I get:

puts ?x
(output) x

Why isn't it coming up 120?

Please see [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/308904/1270789) - Ruby stopped supporting `?x` in v1.9. — Ken Y-N, Jun 09 '15 at 04:12
Thanks Ken I appreciate it. Do you happen to know how I can find the value of x without using?x — Kalibeachbabe, Jun 09 '15 at 04:18
My question is how do I ask what the value of x is if ?x isn't supported anymore. And is 120 the value of x? — Kalibeachbabe, Jun 09 '15 at 04:19
Thanks Ken and Sawa. I got it figured out. I appreciate you taking time to help me. — Kalibeachbabe, Jun 09 '15 at 04:25

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 09 '15 at 04:20

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String#ord could be used to get the integer representation of a one-character string:

'x'.ord
# => 120

P.S: use 'x' or "x" instead of ?x.

answered Jun 09 '15 at 04:20

Yu Hao

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