IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. AsciiExample.
DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 My-Char PIC X VALUE "A".
01 Ascii-Code PIC 9(3).
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
*> Subtract 1 to convert from 1-based ordinal position to 0-based ASCII value
COMPUTE Ascii-Code = FUNCTION ORD(My-Char) - 1
DISPLAY "Character: " My-Char
DISPLAY "ASCII Code: " Ascii-Code
STOP RUN.
*> run:
*>
*> Character: A
*> ASCII Code: 065
*>