Since Java is all Unicode, that's what it will return, although you can use String.charAt(index):
Code:
String sMyString = "A string";
char cNumber = sMyString.charAt(0);
cNumber now contains the Unicode character code for 'A'. A simple translation array would probably be a much better bet for doing this, though.

[Edited by parksie on 08-02-2000 at 03:07 PM]