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7.2.3.3 $A: Convert to ASCII

$A(string)’ is the built-in equivalent of ‘@'...'’ or ‘@"..."’. (See ATquote and ATdquote.) Note the extra parentheses required by the built-in.

$A first expands its argument, in case it is a macro defined as a string.