# Tracing a letter with its ascii code

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tracing-a-letter-with-its-ascii-code/288631>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 19, 2009, 7:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tracing-a-letter-with-its-ascii-code/288631 "2009-05-19T07:16:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![stupid\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@stupid\_guy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stupid_guy)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 7:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tracing-a-letter-with-its-ascii-code/288631/1 "2009-05-19T07:16:50Z")

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**I know letters have a number code to them, or ascii code, how can I use this to trace a letter with a number, for example lets say the ascii code for the letter ‘a’ is 97, in AS3 is there a way todo something like:**

**trace(asciiToString(97));**

**to trace out ‘a’, thanks in advance.**