# Newbie question about String.charCodeAt(); method

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-question-about-string-charcodeat-method/240913
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**Created:** [October 8, 2007, 8:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-question-about-string-charcodeat-method/240913 "2007-10-08T08:55:39Z")
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### Author: ![rosanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@rosanna](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rosanna)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2007, 8:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-question-about-string-charcodeat-method/240913/1 "2007-10-08T08:55:39Z")

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I just have a basic question ( I am learning the String Class). I don’t get the return value of this method. Example ( from Flash Help) :  
var my\_str:String = “Chris”;  
var firstChar\_num:Number = my\_str.charCodeAt(0);  
trace(firstChar\_num); // output: 67  
How can it be 67 ??? I tried several values but I dont get it.  
Thank you.