<div class="raw-html-embed">    <p>The <b>ASC</b> function is one of the <a href="../../docs/userguides/spreadsheet_editor/InsertFunction.aspx#textdata" onclick="onhyperlinkclick(this)">text and data functions</a>. Is used to change full-width (double-byte) characters to half-width (single-byte) characters for languages that use the double-byte character set (DBCS) like Japanese, Chinese, Korean, etc.</p>

    <h5 class="pt8">Syntax</h5>
    <p><b><em>ASC(text)</em></b></p>
    <p>The <b>ASC</b> function has the following argument:</p>
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                <th style="background-color: #f4f4f4" width="150ch"><b>Argument</b></th>
                <th style="background-color: #f4f4f4"><b>Description</b></th>
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                <td><b><em>text</em></b></td>
                <td>The text or a reference to a cell containing the text you want to change. If the text does not contain full-width characters it remains unchanged.</td>
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    <h5 class="pt8">Notes</h5>
    <p><a href="../../docs/userguides/spreadsheet_editor/InsertFunction.aspx#howtoapplyfunctions_block" onclick="onhyperlinkclick(this)">How to apply</a> the <b>ASC</b> function.</p>

    <h5 class="pt8">Examples</h5>
    <p>The figure below displays the result returned by the <b>ASC</b> function.</p>
    <p><img alt="ASC Function" src="https://static-helpcenter.onlyoffice.com/asc_c0e5863208.png"></p></div>

ASC function

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