ASCII Character Codes

ASCII is a 7-bit character set. It consists of 128 characters which includes numbers from 0-9, upper and lower case alphabets (A-Z, a-z), and special characters.

Lower ASCII token – character codes 33-126 (Table A-1)

Printable token – character codes 32-126 (Table A-1), 160-255 (Table A-2)

Unicode token – character codes 32-127 (Table A-1), 128-255 (Table A-2), 0-31 (Table A-3)

Binary token – character codes 32-127 (Table A-1), 128-255 (Table A-2), 0-31 (Table A-3)

Table A-1: ASCII printable characters (character code 32-127)

Character ASCII code		Character Description		Character ASCII code		Character Description
DEC	HEX	Symbol	Description	DEC	HEX	Symbol	Description
32	20	Space	Space	80	50	P	Uppercase P
33	21	!	Exclamation mark	81	51	Q	Uppercase Q
34	22	"	Double quotes (or speech marks)	82	52	R	Uppercase R
35	23	#	Number	83	53	S	Uppercase S
36	24	$	Dollar	84	54	T	Uppercase T
37	25	%	Percent sign	85	55	U	Uppercase U
38	26	&	Ampersand	86	56	V	Uppercase V
39	27	'	Single quote	87	57	W	Uppercase W
40	28	(	Open parenthesis (or open bracket)	88	58	X	Uppercase X
41	29	)	Close parenthesis (or close bracket)	89	59	Y	Uppercase Y
42	2A	*	Asterisk	90	5A	Z	Uppercase Z
43	2B	+	Plus	91	5B	[	Opening bracket
44	2C	,	Comma	92	5C	\	Backslash
45	2D	-	Hyphen	93	5D	]	Closing bracket
46	2E	.	Period, dot or full stop	94	5E	^	Caret - circumflex
47	2F	/	Slash or divide	95	5F	_	Underscore
48	30	0	Zero	96	60	`	Grave accent
49	31	1	One	97	61	a	Lowercase a
50	32	2	Two	98	62	b	Lowercase b
51	33	3	Three	99	63	c	Lowercase c
52	34	4	Four	100	64	d	Lowercase d
53	35	5	Five	101	65	e	Lowercase e
54	36	6	Six	102	66	f	Lowercase f
55	37	7	Seven	103	67	g	Lowercase g
56	38	8	Eight	104	68	h	Lowercase h
57	39	9	Nine	105	69	i	Lowercase i
58	3A	:	Colon	106	6A	j	Lowercase j
59	3B	;	Semicolon	107	6B	k	Lowercase k
60	3C		Less than (or open angled bracket)	108	6C	l	Lowercase l
61	3D	=	Equals	109	6D	m	Lowercase m
62	3E		Greater than (or close angled bracket)	110	6E	n	Lowercase n
63	3F	?	Question mark	111	6F	o	Lowercase o
64	40	@	At symbol	112	70	p	Lowercase p
65	41	A	Uppercase A	113	71	q	Lowercase q
66	42	B	Uppercase B	114	72	r	Lowercase r
67	43	C	Uppercase C	115	73	s	Lowercase s
68	44	D	Uppercase D	116	74	t	Lowercase t
69	45	E	Uppercase E	117	75	u	Lowercase u
70	46	F	Uppercase F	118	76	v	Lowercase v
71	47	G	Uppercase G	119	77	w	Lowercase w
72	48	H	Uppercase H	120	78	x	Lowercase x
73	49	I	Uppercase I	121	79	y	Lowercase y
74	4A	J	Uppercase J	122	7A	z	Lowercase z
75	4B	K	Uppercase K	123	7B	{	Opening brace
76	4C	L	Uppercase L	124	7C	\|	Vertical bar
77	4D	M	Uppercase M	125	7D	}	Closing brace
78	4E	N	Uppercase N	126	7E	~	Equivalency sign - tilde
79	4F	O	Uppercase O	127	7F	(Delete)	Delete

Table A-2: Extended ASCII codes (character code 128-255)

Character ASCII code		Character Description		Character ASCII code		Character Description
DEC	HEX	Symbol	Description	DEC	HEX	Symbol	Description
128	80	€	Euro sign	192	C0	À	Latin capital letter A with grave
129	81			193	C1	Á	Latin capital letter A with acute
130	82	‚	Single low-9 quotation mark	194	C2	Â	Latin capital letter A with circumflex
131	83	ƒ	Latin small letter f with hook	195	C3	Ã	Latin capital letter A with tilde
132	84	„	Double low-9 quotation mark	196	C4	Ä	Latin capital letter A with diaeresis
133	85	…	Horizontal ellipsis	197	C5	Å	Latin capital letter A with ring above
134	86	†	Dagger	198	C6	Æ	Latin capital letter AE
135	87	‡	Double dagger	199	C7	Ç	Latin capital letter C with cedilla
136	88	ˆ	Modifier letter circumflex accent	200	C8	È	Latin capital letter E with grave
137	89	‰	Per mille sign	201	C9	É	Latin capital letter E with acute
138	8A	Š	Latin capital letter S with caron	202	CA	Ê	Latin capital letter E with circumflex
139	8B	‹	Single left-pointing angle quotation	203	CB	Ë	Latin capital letter E with diaeresis
140	8C	Œ	Latin capital ligature OE	204	CC	Ì	Latin capital letter I with grave
141	8D			205	CD	Í	Latin capital letter I with acute
142	8E	Ž	Latin captial letter Z with caron	206	CE	Î	Latin capital letter I with circumflex
143	8F			207	CF	Ï	Latin capital letter I with diaeresis
144	90			208	D0	Ð	Latin capital letter ETH
145	91	‘	Left single quotation mark	209	D1	Ñ	Latin capital letter N with tilde
146	92	’	Right single quotation mark	210	D2	Ò	Latin capital letter O with grave
147	93	“	Left double quotation mark	211	D3	Ó	Latin capital letter O with acute
148	94	”	Right double quotation mark	212	D4	Ô	Latin capital letter O with circumflex
149	95	•	Bullet	213	D5	Õ	Latin capital letter O with tilde
150	96	–	En dash	214	D6	Ö	Latin capital letter O with diaeresis
151	97	—	Em dash	215	D7	×	Multiplication sign
152	98	˜	Small tilde	216	D8	Ø	Latin capital letter O with slash
153	99	™	Trade mark sign	217	D9	Ù	Latin capital letter U with grave
154	9A	š	Latin small letter S with caron	218	DA	Ú	Latin capital letter U with acute
155	9B	›	Single right-pointing angle quotation mark	219	DB	Û	Latin capital letter U with circumflex
156	9C	œ	Latin small ligature oe	220	DC	Ü	Latin capital letter U with diaeresis
157	9D			221	DD	Ý	Latin capital letter Y with acute
158	9E	ž	Latin small letter z with caron	222	DE	Þ	Latin capital letter THORN
159	9F	Ÿ	Latin capital letter Y with diaeresis	223	DF	ß	Latin small letter sharp s - ess-zed
160	A0	Non-breaking space	Non-breaking space	224	E0	à	Latin small letter a with grave
161	A1	¡	Inverted exclamation mark	225	E1	á	Latin small letter a with acute
162	A2	¢	Cent sign	226	E2	â	Latin small letter a with circumflex
163	A3	£	Pound sign	227	E3	ã	Latin small letter a with tilde
164	A4	¤	Currency sign	228	E4	ä	Latin small letter a with diaeresis
165	A5	¥	Yen sign	229	E5	å	Latin small letter a with ring above
166	A6	¦	Pipe, Broken vertical bar	230	E6	æ	Latin small letter ae
167	A7	§	Section sign	231	E7	ç	Latin small letter c with cedilla
168	A8	¨	Spacing dieresis - umlaut	232	E8	è	Latin small letter e with grave
169	A9	©	Copyright sign	233	E9	é	Latin small letter e with acute
170	AA	ª	Feminine ordinal indicator	234	EA	ê	Latin small letter e with circumflex
171	AB	«	Left double angle quotes	235	EB	ë	Latin small letter e with diaeresis
172	AC	¬	Not sign	236	EC	ì	Latin small letter i with grave
173	AD	Soft hyphen	Soft hyphen	237	ED	í	Latin small letter i with acute
174	AE	®	Registered trade mark sign	238	EE	î	Latin small letter i with circumflex
175	AF	¯	Spacing macron - overline	239	EF	ï	Latin small letter i with diaeresis
176	B0	°	Degree sign	240	F0	ð	Latin small letter eth
177	B1	±	Plus-or-minus sign	241	F1	ñ	Latin small letter n with tilde
178	B2	²	Superscript two - squared	242	F2	ò	Latin small letter o with grave
179	B3	³	Superscript three - cubed	243	F3	ó	Latin small letter o with acute
180	B4	´	Acute accent - spacing acute	244	F4	ô	Latin small letter o with circumflex
181	B5	µ	Micro sign	245	F5	õ	Latin small letter o with tilde
182	B6	¶	Pilcrow sign - paragraph sign	246	F6	ö	Latin small letter o with diaeresis
183	B7	·	Middle dot - Georgian comma	247	F7	÷	Division sign
184	B8	¸	Spacing cedilla	248	F8	ø	Latin small letter o with slash
185	B9	¹	Superscript one	249	F9	ù	Latin small letter u with grave
186	BA	º	Masculine ordinal indicator	250	FA	ú	Latin small letter u with acute
187	BB	»	Right double angle quotes	251	FB	û	Latin small letter u with circumflex
188	BC	¼	Fraction one quarter	252	FC	ü	Latin small letter u with diaeresis
189	BD	½	Fraction one half	253	FD	ý	Latin small letter y with acute
190	BE	¾	Fraction three quarters	254	FE	þ	Latin small letter thorn
191	BF	¿	Inverted question mark	255	FF	ÿ	Latin small letter y with diaeresis

Table A-3: ASCII control characters (character code 0-31)

Character ASCII code		Character Description		Character ASCII code		Character Description
DEC	HEX	Symbol	Description	DEC	HEX	Symbol	Description
0	0	NUL	Null char	16	10	DLE	Data Line Escape
1	1	SOH	Start of Heading	17	11	DC1	Device Control 1 (oft. XON)
2	2	STX	Start of Text	18	12	DC2	Device Control 2
3	3	ETX	End of Text	19	13	DC3	Device Control 3 (oft. XOFF)
4	4	EOT	End of Transmission	20	14	DC4	Device Control 4
5	5	ENQ	Enquiry	21	15	NAK	Negative Acknowledgement
6	6	ACK	Acknowledgment	22	16	SYN	Synchronous Idle
7	7	BEL	Bell	23	17	ETB	End of Transmit Block
8	8	BS	Back Space	24	18	CAN	Cancel
9	9	HT	Horizontal Tab	25	19	EM	End of Medium
10	0A	LF	Line Feed	26	1A	SUB	Substitute
11	0B	VT	Vertical Tab	27	1B	ESC	Escape
12	0C	FF	Form Feed	28	1C	FS	File Separator
13	0D	CR	Carriage Return	29	1D	GS	Group Separator
14	0E	SO	Shift Out / X-On	30	1E	RS	Record Separator
15	0F	SI	Shift In / X-Off	31	1F	US	Unit Separator

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