title: Methods like ord and chr from Python
body: <p>Do you know any functions that would preform the same as <code>ord</code> and <code>chr</code> from Python in Java.</p>
  
  <p>Python docs on them.</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="http://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#ord" rel="noreferrer">http://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#ord</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#chr" rel="noreferrer">http://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#chr</a></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I've experienced manually but seem to get so many errors. This would need to work with <code>Strings</code> not just <code>char</code>. Figured I would see if there was a function to do it pre-built.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>