Hi folks,
I am looking to use a WORD data type to store a unicode character - I have chosen the WORD datatype as this is the underlying data type of the WSTRING.

Basically I would like to be able to say:

VAR
    wTemp: WORD;
END_VAR
wTemp := "<";

and to have the hex value of < put into the variable.

I have found a way around this problem but it is very un-eloquent and goes like this:

VAR
    wsTempString: WSTRING := "<";
    wTempWord: WORD;
END_VAR
wTempWord := wsTempString[0];

This has the desired effect of placing the hex value of < into wTempWord, but the readability of the program is awful, is there a way I can write the unicode character straight into the WORD variable.
I'm thinking of C in doing this:

temp = 'A';

Any help appreciated.

/Pete

I don't know if a function for this already exists, but it is pretty easy to make:

FUNCTION WS_TO_W : WORD
VAR_INPUT
   WS   : WSTRING(1);
END_VAR
VAR
   pW : POINTER TO WORD;
END_VAR

pW := ADR(WS);
WS_TO_W := pW^;

Then call this from your application

wWord := WS_TO_W("<");