title: How to convert characters into ASCII code?
body: <p>I need to translate a string of characters, for example <code>"Hello"</code>, into a string of numbers which is the ASCII numeric codes. </p>
  
  <p>Example: <code>0 -&gt; 48; a -&gt; 97</code>, etc.  </p>
  
  <p>Does anyone know an R function to do this?  Hopefully, the function or piece of code will translate <code>"Hello"</code> into a numeric string like </p>
  
  <pre><code>c(72, 101, 108, 108, 111)
  </code></pre>