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Returns the numeric (the native 8-bit encoding, like ASCII or EBCDIC,
or Unicode) value of the first character of EXPR.  
If EXPR is an empty string, returns 0.  If EXPR is omitted, uses $_
.
(Note character, not byte.)
For the reverse, see chr. See perlunicode for more about Unicode.