Author: Oscar Cronquist Article last updated on March 27, 2018

The ASC function converts full-width (double-byte) characters to half-width (single-byte) characters. This function is for double-byte character set (DBCS) languages.

Excel Function Syntax

ASC(text)

Arguments

text Required. Text value or a cell reference.

Comments

If text does not contain any full-width letters, text is not changed.