implement 'ord', and start integrating string sorting

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/neb/std/strings.py b/neb/std/strings.py
index 4a7166e..00d1fc3 100644
--- a/neb/std/strings.py
+++ b/neb/std/strings.py
@@ -57,3 +57,10 @@ def interpretRaw(symbol, args, env, ns):
     return String(str(args[0]))
 
 STRINGS.register("raw", Builtin("raw", interpretRaw, [Arg("string", TypeEnum.STRING)], return_type=Type(":string")))
+
+def interpretOrd(symbol, args, env, ns):
+    if len(args[0].value) != 1:
+        raise InterpretPanic(symbol, "requires a :string of length 1", args[0])
+    return Int(ord(args[0].value))
+
+STRINGS.register("ord", Builtin("ord", interpretOrd, [Arg("char", TypeEnum.STRING)], return_type=Type(":int")))