Way to count the number of letters between 2 letters?

[DougBrowning2]

Is there a way to calc the numerical distance between 2 letters?  

In Python it would be ord("J") - ord("A") = 9

I made this on the wrong account but I can find no way to delete posts now?

Thanks

[IsmaelChivite]

Hi @DougBrowning2  I think this JS function will do: 

function returnDistance(a,b){ 
  return Number(a.charCodeAt(0))- Number(b.charCodeAt(0));
}

[DougBrowning2]

I cannot use JavaScript since I work across multiple orgs.

thanks

[IsmaelChivite]

Hi Doug. I think in that case we are out of luck.

[DougBrowning2]

Ended up doing it in Python after the fact.

arcpy.CalculateField_management(inTable, "SlopeReachLength", "(ord(!SlopeEndTransect!) - ord(!SlopeStartTransect!)) * !TransectSpacing!", "PYTHON_9.3")

thanks