like you want to go from
"ABC" to "65 66 67" and back again ?
alias text2asc { bset -t &binvar 1 $1 | return $bvar(&binvar,1,999) }
alias asc2text { bset &binvar 1 $1 | return $bvar(&binvar,1,999).text }
examples of use...
//echo -a The asc values of the word TeSt are $text2asc(TeSt)
The asc values of the word TeSt are 84 101 83 116
//var -s %blah = $asc2text(65 66 67 32 68 69 70)
* Set %blah to ABC DEF