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ASCII Codes |
The ASCII code has 128 standard characters and a further 128 characters that vary from machine to machine and country to country.
The first 128 ASCII characters are shown here.
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Dec |
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00 |
01 |
02 |
03 |
04 |
05 |
06 |
07 |
08 |
09 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
Hex |
00 |
01 |
02 |
03 |
04 |
05 |
06 |
07 |
08 |
09 |
0A |
0B |
0C |
0D |
0E |
0F |
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00 |
00 |
Nul |
Bel |
Bak |
Tab |
LF |
CR |
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16 |
10 |
EOF |
ESC |
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32 |
20 |
Spa |
! |
" |
# |
$ |
% |
& |
' |
( |
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* |
+ |
, |
- |
. |
/ |
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48 |
30 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
: |
; |
< |
= |
> |
? |
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64 |
40 |
@ |
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
H |
I |
J |
K |
L |
M |
N |
O |
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80 |
50 |
P |
Q |
R |
S |
T |
U |
V |
W |
X |
Y |
Z |
[ |
\ |
] |
^ |
_ |
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96 |
60 |
` |
a |
b |
c |
d |
e |
f |
g |
h |
i |
j |
k |
l |
m |
n |
o |
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112 |
70 |
p |
q |
r |
s |
t |
u |
v |
w |
x |
y |
z |
{ |
| |
} |
~ |
Nul |
The codes from 128 to 255 are not shown here.
Codes with special meanings to DOS, Printers, Teletype Machines and ANSI screens.
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Decimal |
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0 |
Nul |
NULL character. ( End of text string marker. ) |
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7 |
Bel |
Bell or beep character. |
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8 |
Bak |
Backspace character. |
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9 |
Tab |
TAB character. |
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10 |
LF |
Line Feed (start a new line). |
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13 |
CR |
Carriage Return code. |
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26 |
EOF |
DOS End of text file code. |
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27 |
Esc |
Escape code. It has special effects on older printers and ANSI screens. ANSI = American National Standards Institute. |
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32 |
Spa |
Space Character. |
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255 |
Nul |
NULL character. |
ASCII is being replaced by the 16 bit Unicode with 65536 characters that represent every text character in every country in the world including those used historically. Most new operating systems software packages support Unicode.
© C Neil Bauers 2003