ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange

1 Control Characters

Description

The first 32 characters in ASCII are used to control things like printers.

Character Table

Decimal	Hex Value	Octal Value	Binary Value	Character	Description
00	00	00	00000000	�	Null character
01	01	01	00000001		Start of Heading
02	02	02	00000010		Start of Text
03	03	03	00000011		End of Text
04	04	04	00000100		End of Transmission
05	05	05	00000101		Enquiry
06	06	06	00000110		Acknowledge
07	07	07	00000111		Bell, Alert
08	08	10	00001000		Backspace
09	09	11	00001001		Horizontal Tab
10	0a	12	00001010		Line Feed
11	0b	13	00001011		Vertical Tabulation
12	0c	14	00001100		Form Feed
13	0d	15	00001101		Carriage Return
14	0e	16	00001110		Shift Out
15	0f	17	00001111		Shift In
16	10	20	00010000		Data Link Escape
17	11	21	00010001		Device Control One (XON)
18	12	22	00010010		Device Control Two
19	13	23	00010011		Device Control Three (XOFF)
20	14	24	00010100		Device Control Four
21	15	25	00010101		Negative Acknowledge
22	16	26	00010110		Synchronous Idle
23	17	27	00010111		End of Transmission Block
24	18	30	00011000		Cancel
25	19	31	00011001		End of medium
26	1a	32	00011010		Substitute
27	1b	33	00011011		Escape
28	1c	34	00011100		File Separator
29	1d	35	00011101		Group Separator
30	1e	36	00011110		Record Separator
31	1f	37	00011111		Unit Separator

2 Printable Characters

Description

Characters with codes 32-127 within ASCII are the alphanumeric and common punctuation characters.

Decimal	Hex Value	Octal Value	Binary Value	HTML Number	HTML Name	Character	Description
32	20	40	00100000				Space
33	21	41	00100001	!	&excl;	!	Exclamation mark
34	22	42	00100010	"	"	"	Double quotes (or speech marks)
35	23	43	00100011	#	&num;	#	Number sign
36	24	44	00100100	$	&dollar;	$	Dollar
37	25	45	00100101	%	&percnt;	%	Per cent sign
38	26	46	00100110	&	&	&	Ampersand
39	27	47	00100111	'	'	'	Single quote
40	28	50	00101000	(	&lparen;	(	Open parenthesis (or open bracket)
41	29	51	00101001	)	&rparen;	)	Close parenthesis (or close bracket)
42	2a	52	00101010	*	&ast;	*	Asterisk
43	2b	53	00101011	+	+	+	Plus
44	2c	54	00101100	,	,	,	Comma
45	2d	55	00101101	-		-	Hyphen-minus
46	2e	56	00101110	.	&period;	.	Period, dot or full stop
47	2f	57	00101111	/	/	/	Slash or divide
48	30	60	00110000	0		0	Zero
49	31	61	00110001	1		1	One
50	32	62	00110010	2		2	Two
51	33	63	00110011	3		3	Three
52	34	64	00110100	4		4	Four
53	35	65	00110101	5		5	Five
54	36	66	00110110	6		6	Six
55	37	67	00110111	7		7	Seven
56	38	70	00111000	8		8	Eight
57	39	71	00111001	9		9	Nine
58	3a	72	00111010	:	&colon;	:	Colon
59	3b	73	00111011	;	&semi;	;	Semicolon
60	3c	74	00111100	<	<	<	Less than (or open angled bracket)
61	3d	75	00111101	=	=	=	Equals
62	3e	76	00111110	>	>	>	Greater than (or close angled bracket)
63	3f	77	00111111	?	&quest;	?	Question mark
64	40	100	01000000	@	&commat;	@	At sign
65	41	101	01000001	A		A	Uppercase A
66	42	102	01000010	B		B	Uppercase B
67	43	103	01000011	C		C	Uppercase C
68	44	104	01000100	D		D	Uppercase D
69	45	105	01000101	E		E	Uppercase E
70	46	106	01000110	F		F	Uppercase F
71	47	107	01000111	G		G	Uppercase G
72	48	110	01001000	H		H	Uppercase H
73	49	111	01001001	I		I	Uppercase I
74	4a	112	01001010	J		J	Uppercase J
75	4b	113	01001011	K		K	Uppercase K
76	4c	114	01001100	L		L	Uppercase L
77	4d	115	01001101	M		M	Uppercase M
78	4e	116	01001110	N		N	Uppercase N
79	4f	117	01001111	O		O	Uppercase O
80	50	120	01010000	P		P	Uppercase P
81	51	121	01010001	Q		Q	Uppercase Q
82	52	122	01010010	R		R	Uppercase R
83	53	123	01010011	S		S	Uppercase S
84	54	124	01010100	T		T	Uppercase T
85	55	125	01010101	U		U	Uppercase U
86	56	126	01010110	V		V	Uppercase V
87	57	127	01010111	W		W	Uppercase W
88	58	130	01011000	X		X	Uppercase X
89	59	131	01011001	Y		Y	Uppercase Y
90	5a	132	01011010	Z		Z	Uppercase Z
91	5b	133	01011011	[	[	[	Opening bracket
92	5c	134	01011100	\	\	\	Backslash
93	5d	135	01011101	]	]	]	Closing bracket
94	5e	136	01011110	^	&Hat;	^	Caret - circumflex
95	5f	137	01011111	_	&lowbar;	_	Underscore
96	60	140	01100000	`	&grave;	`	Grave accent
97	61	141	01100001	a		a	Lowercase a
98	62	142	01100010	b		b	Lowercase b
99	63	143	01100011	c		c	Lowercase c
100	64	144	01100100	d		d	Lowercase d
101	65	145	01100101	e		e	Lowercase e
102	66	146	01100110	f		f	Lowercase f
103	67	147	01100111	g		g	Lowercase g
104	68	150	01101000	h		h	Lowercase h
105	69	151	01101001	i		i	Lowercase i
106	6a	152	01101010	j		j	Lowercase j
107	6b	153	01101011	k		k	Lowercase k
108	6c	154	01101100	l		l	Lowercase l
109	6d	155	01101101	m		m	Lowercase m
110	6e	156	01101110	n		n	Lowercase n
111	6f	157	01101111	o		o	Lowercase o
112	70	160	01110000	p		p	Lowercase p
113	71	161	01110001	q		q	Lowercase q
114	72	162	01110010	r		r	Lowercase r
115	73	163	01110011	s		s	Lowercase s
116	74	164	01110100	t		t	Lowercase t
117	75	165	01110101	u		u	Lowercase u
118	76	166	01110110	v		v	Lowercase v
119	77	167	01110111	w		w	Lowercase w
120	78	170	01111000	x		x	Lowercase x
121	79	171	01111001	y		y	Lowercase y
122	7a	172	01111010	z		z	Lowercase z
123	7b	173	01111011	{	{	{	Opening brace
124	7c	174	01111100	\|	\|	\|	Vertical bar
125	7d	175	01111101	}	}	}	Closing brace
126	7e	176	01111110	~	&tilde;	~	Equivalency sign - tilde
127	7f	177	01111111				Delete

3 Extended Characters

Description

Decimal	Hex Value	Octal Value	Binary Value	HTML Number	HTML Name	Character	Description
128	80	200	10000000		€	€	Euro sign
129	81	201	10000001				Unused
130	82	202	10000010		&sbquo;	‚	Single low-9 quotation mark
131	83	203	10000011		&fnof;	ƒ	Latin small letter f with hook
132	84	204	10000100			„	Double low-9 quotation mark
133	85	205	10000101			…	Horizontal ellipsis
134	86	206	10000110			†	Dagger
135	87	207	10000111			‡	Double dagger
136	88	210	10001000			ˆ	Modifier letter circumflex accent
137	89	211	10001001			‰	Per mille sign
138	8a	212	10001010			Š	Latin capital letter S with caron
139	8b	213	10001011			‹	Single left-pointing angle quotation
140	8c	214	10001100			Œ	Latin capital ligature OE
141	8d	215	10001101				Unused
142	8e	216	10001110			Ž	Latin capital letter Z with caron
143	8f	217	10001111				Unused
144	90	220	10010000				Unused
145	91	221	10010001			‘	Left single quotation mark
146	92	222	10010010			’	Right single quotation mark
147	93	223	10010011			“	Left double quotation mark
148	94	224	10010100			”	Right double quotation mark
149	95	225	10010101			•	Bullet
150	96	226	10010110			–	En dash
151	97	227	10010111			—	Em dash
152	98	230	10011000			˜	Small tilde
153	99	231	10011001			™	Trade mark sign
154	9a	232	10011010			š	Latin small letter S with caron
155	9b	233	10011011			›	Single right-pointing angle quotation mark
156	9c	234	10011100			œ	Latin small ligature oe
157	9d	235	10011101				Unused
158	9e	236	10011110			ž	Latin small letter z with caron
159	9f	237	10011111			Ÿ	Latin capital letter Y with diaeresis
160	a0	240	10100000				Non-breaking space
161	a1	241	10100001	¡		¡	Inverted exclamation mark
162	a2	242	10100010	¢		¢	Cent sign
163	a3	243	10100011	£		£	Pound sign
164	a4	244	10100100	¤		¤	Currency sign
165	a5	245	10100101	¥		¥	Yen sign
166	a6	246	10100110	¦		¦	Pipe, broken vertical bar
167	a7	247	10100111	§		§	Section sign
168	a8	250	10101000	¨		¨	Spacing diaeresis - umlaut
169	a9	251	10101001	©		©	Copyright sign
170	aa	252	10101010	ª		ª	Feminine ordinal indicator
171	ab	253	10101011	«		«	Left double angle quotes
172	ac	254	10101100	¬		¬	Negation
173	ad	255	10101101				Soft hyphen
174	ae	256	10101110	®		®	Registered trade mark sign
175	af	257	10101111	¯		¯	Spacing macron - overline
176	b0	260	10110000	°		°	Degree sign
177	b1	261	10110001	±		±	Plus-or-minus sign
178	b2	262	10110010	²		²	Superscript two - squared
179	b3	263	10110011	³		³	Superscript three - cubed
180	b4	264	10110100	´		´	Acute accent - spacing acute
181	b5	265	10110101	µ		µ	Micro sign
182	b6	266	10110110	¶		¶	Pilcrow sign - paragraph sign
183	b7	267	10110111	·		·	Middle dot - Georgian comma
184	b8	270	10111000	¸		¸	Spacing cedilla
185	b9	271	10111001	¹		¹	Superscript one
186	ba	272	10111010	º		º	Masculine ordinal indicator
187	bb	273	10111011	»		»	Right double angle quotes
188	bc	274	10111100	¼		¼	Fraction one quarter
189	bd	275	10111101	½		½	Fraction one half
190	be	276	10111110	¾		¾	Fraction three quarters
191	bf	277	10111111	¿		¿	Inverted question mark
192	c0	300	11000000	À		À	Latin capital letter A with grave
193	c1	301	11000001	Á		Á	Latin capital letter A with acute
194	c2	302	11000010	Â		Â	Latin capital letter A with circumflex
195	c3	303	11000011	Ã		Ã	Latin capital letter A with tilde
196	c4	304	11000100	Ä		Ä	Latin capital letter A with diaeresis
197	c5	305	11000101	Å		Å	Latin capital letter A with ring above
198	c6	306	11000110	Æ		Æ	Latin capital letter AE
199	c7	307	11000111	Ç		Ç	Latin capital letter C with cedilla
200	c8	310	11001000	È		È	Latin capital letter E with grave
201	c9	311	11001001	É		É	Latin capital letter E with acute
202	ca	312	11001010	Ê		Ê	Latin capital letter E with circumflex
203	cb	313	11001011	Ë		Ë	Latin capital letter E with diaeresis
204	cc	314	11001100	Ì		Ì	Latin capital letter I with grave
205	cd	315	11001101	Í		Í	Latin capital letter I with acute
206	ce	316	11001110	Î		Î	Latin capital letter I with circumflex
207	cf	317	11001111	Ï		Ï	Latin capital letter I with diaeresis
208	d0	320	11010000	Ð		Ð	Latin capital letter ETH
209	d1	321	11010001	Ñ		Ñ	Latin capital letter N with tilde
210	d2	322	11010010	Ò		Ò	Latin capital letter O with grave
211	d3	323	11010011	Ó		Ó	Latin capital letter O with acute
212	d4	324	11010100	Ô		Ô	Latin capital letter O with circumflex
213	d5	325	11010101	Õ		Õ	Latin capital letter O with tilde
214	d6	326	11010110	Ö		Ö	Latin capital letter O with diaeresis
215	d7	327	11010111	×		×	Multiplication sign
216	d8	330	11011000	Ø		Ø	Latin capital letter O with slash
217	d9	331	11011001	Ù		Ù	Latin capital letter U with grave
218	da	332	11011010	Ú		Ú	Latin capital letter U with acute
219	db	333	11011011	Û		Û	Latin capital letter U with circumflex
220	dc	334	11011100	Ü		Ü	Latin capital letter U with diaeresis
221	dd	335	11011101	Ý		Ý	Latin capital letter Y with acute
222	de	336	11011110	Þ		Þ	Latin capital letter THORN
223	df	337	11011111	ß		ß	Latin small letter sharp s - ess-zed
224	e0	340	11100000	à		à	Latin small letter a with grave
225	e1	341	11100001	á		á	Latin small letter a with acute
226	e2	342	11100010	â		â	Latin small letter a with circumflex
227	e3	343	11100011	ã		ã	Latin small letter a with tilde
228	e4	344	11100100	ä		ä	Latin small letter a with diaeresis
229	e5	345	11100101	å		å	Latin small letter a with ring above
230	e6	346	11100110	æ		æ	Latin small letter ae
231	e7	347	11100111	ç		ç	Latin small letter c with cedilla
232	e8	350	11101000	è		è	Latin small letter e with grave
233	e9	351	11101001	é		é	Latin small letter e with acute
234	ea	352	11101010	ê		ê	Latin small letter e with circumflex
235	eb	353	11101011	ë		ë	Latin small letter e with diaeresis
236	ec	354	11101100	ì		ì	Latin small letter i with grave
237	ed	355	11101101	í		í	Latin small letter i with acute
238	ee	356	11101110	î		î	Latin small letter i with circumflex
239	ef	357	11101111	ï		ï	Latin small letter i with diaeresis
240	f0	360	11110000	ð		ð	Latin small letter eth
241	f1	361	11110001	ñ		ñ	Latin small letter n with tilde
242	f2	362	11110010	ò		ò	Latin small letter o with grave
243	f3	363	11110011	ó		ó	Latin small letter o with acute
244	f4	364	11110100	ô		ô	Latin small letter o with circumflex
245	f5	365	11110101	õ		õ	Latin small letter o with tilde
246	f6	366	11110110	ö		ö	Latin small letter o with diaeresis
247	f7	367	11110111	÷		÷	Division sign
248	f8	370	11111000	ø		ø	Latin small letter o with slash
249	f9	371	11111001	ù		ù	Latin small letter u with grave
250	fa	372	11111010	ú		ú	Latin small letter u with acute
251	fb	373	11111011	û		û	Latin small letter u with circumflex
252	fc	374	11111100	ü		ü	Latin small letter u with diaeresis
253	fd	375	11111101	ý		ý	Latin small letter y with acute
254	fe	376	11111110	þ		þ	Latin small letter thorn
255	ff	377	11111111	ÿ		ÿ	Latin small letter y with diaeresis

This document was last updated: 2025-June-14 23:2:12 UTC