Jul 16
Did you know? You can type ASCII characters into any application. Press and hold the Left-Alt key, then using the numeric keypad, type the four-digit decimal number for the ASCII character you want, then release the Left-Alt key. For example, to type è, press and hold Left-Alt, then type 0232 on the numeric keypad. When you release the Left-Alt key, è will be typed.
Here is the world famous ASCII table:
| Decimal | Hex | Char | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 00 | NUL | null |
| 1 | 01 | SOH | start of header |
| 2 | 02 | STX | start of text |
| 3 | 03 | ETX | end of text |
| 4 | 04 | EOT | end of transmission |
| 5 | 05 | ENQ | enquiry |
| 6 | 06 | ACK | acknowledge |
| 7 | 07 | BEL | bell |
| 8 | 08 | BS | backspace |
| 9 | 09 | HT | horizontal tab |
| 10 | 0A | LF | line feed |
| 11 | 0B | VT | vertical tab |
| 12 | 0C | FF | form feed |
| 13 | 0D | CR | carriage return |
| 14 | 0E | SO | shift out |
| 15 | 0F | SI | shift in |
| 16 | 10 | DLE | data link escape |
| 17 | 11 | DC1 | device control 1 |
| 18 | 12 | DC2 | device control 2 |
| 19 | 13 | DC3 | device control 3 |
| 20 | 14 | DC4 | device control 4 |
| 21 | 15 | NAK | negative acknowledge |
| 22 | 16 | SYN | synchronous idle |
| 23 | 17 | ETB | end of transmission block |
| 24 | 18 | CAN | cancel |
| 25 | 19 | EM | end of medium |
| 26 | 1A | SUB | substitute |
| 27 | 1B | ESC | escape |
| 28 | 1C | FS | file separator |
| 29 | 1D | GS | group separator |
| 30 | 1E | RS | record separator |
| 31 | 1F | US | unit separator |
| 32 | 20 | SPC | space |
| 33 | 21 | ! | exclamation point |
| 34 | 22 | “ | quotes |
| 35 | 23 | # | pound sign |
| 36 | 24 | $ | dollar sign |
| 37 | 25 | % | percent sign |
| 38 | 26 | & | ampersand |
| 39 | 27 | ‘ | single quote |
| 40 | 28 | ( | left parenthesis |
| 41 | 29 | ) | right parenthesis |
| 42 | 2A | * | asterisk |
| 43 | 2B | + | plus sign |
| 44 | 2C | , | comma |
| 45 | 2D | – | hyphen |
| 46 | 2E | . | period |
| 47 | 2F | / | slash |
| 48 | 30 | 0 | zero |
| 49 | 31 | 1 | one |
| 50 | 32 | 2 | two |
| 51 | 33 | 3 | three |
| 52 | 34 | 4 | four |
| 53 | 35 | 5 | five |
| 54 | 36 | 6 | six |
| 55 | 37 | 7 | seven |
| 56 | 38 | 8 | eight |
| 57 | 39 | 9 | nine |
| 58 | 3A | : | colon |
| 59 | 3B | ; | semi-colon |
| 60 | 3C | < | less than |
| 61 | 3D | = | equals |
| 62 | 3E | > | greater than |
| 63 | 3F | ? | question mark |
| 64 | 40 | @ | at sign |
| 65 | 41 | A | uppercase a |
| 66 | 42 | B | uppercase b |
| 67 | 43 | C | uppercase c |
| 68 | 44 | D | uppercase d |
| 69 | 45 | E | uppercase e |
| 70 | 46 | F | uppercase f |
| 71 | 47 | G | uppercase g |
| 72 | 48 | H | uppercase h |
| 73 | 49 | I | uppercase i |
| 74 | 4A | J | uppercase j |
| 75 | 4B | K | uppercase k |
| 76 | 4C | L | uppercase l |
| 77 | 4D | M | uppercase m |
| 78 | 4E | N | uppercase n |
| 79 | 4F | O | uppercase o |
| 80 | 50 | P | uppercase p |
| 81 | 51 | Q | uppercase q |
| 82 | 52 | R | uppercase r |
| 83 | 53 | S | uppercase s |
| 84 | 54 | T | uppercase t |
| 85 | 55 | U | uppercase u |
| 86 | 56 | V | uppercase v |
| 87 | 57 | W | uppercase w |
| 88 | 58 | X | uppercase x |
| 89 | 59 | Y | uppercase y |
| 90 | 5A | Z | uppercase z |
| 91 | 5B | [ | left bracket |
| 92 | 5C | back slash | |
| 93 | 5D | ] | right bracket |
| 94 | 5E | ^ | caret |
| 95 | 5F | _ | underscore |
| 96 | 60 | ` | back tick |
| 97 | 61 | a | lowercase a |
| 98 | 62 | b | lowercase b |
| 99 | 63 | c | lowercase c |
| 100 | 64 | d | lowercase d |
| 101 | 65 | e | lowercase e |
| 102 | 66 | f | lowercase f |
| 103 | 67 | g | lowercase g |
| 104 | 68 | h | lowercase h |
| 105 | 69 | i | lowercase i |
| 106 | 6A | j | lowercase j |
| 107 | 6B | k | lowercase k |
| 108 | 6C | l | lowercase l |
| 109 | 6D | m | lowercase m |
| 110 | 6E | n | lowercase n |
| 111 | 6F | o | lowercase o |
| 112 | 70 | p | lowercase p |
| 113 | 71 | q | lowercase q |
| 114 | 72 | r | lowercase r |
| 115 | 73 | s | lowercase s |
| 116 | 74 | t | lowercase t |
| 117 | 75 | u | lowercase u |
| 118 | 76 | v | lowercase v |
| 119 | 77 | w | lowercase w |
| 120 | 78 | x | lowercase x |
| 121 | 79 | y | lowercase y |
| 122 | 7A | z | lowercase z |
| 123 | 7B | { | left brace |
| 124 | 7C | | | pipe |
| 125 | 7D | } | right brace |
| 126 | 7E | ~ | tilde |
| 127 | 7F | DEL | delete |
| 128 | 80 | € | euro sign |
| 129 | 81 | undefined | |
| 130 | 82 | ‚ | single low-9 quote |
| 131 | 83 | ƒ | lowercase f hook |
| 132 | 84 | „ | double low-9 quote |
| 133 | 85 | … | ellipses |
| 134 | 86 | † | dagger |
| 135 | 87 | ‡ | double dagger |
| 136 | 88 | ˆ | circumflex |
| 137 | 89 | ‰ | per mille sign |
| 138 | 8A | Š | uppercase s caron |
| 139 | 8B | ‹ | left angle quote |
| 140 | 8C | Œ | uppercase ligature oe |
| 141 | 8D | | undefined |
| 142 | 8E | Ž | uppercase z caron |
| 143 | 8F | | undefined |
| 144 | 90 | | undefined |
| 145 | 91 | ‘ | left single quote |
| 146 | 92 | ’ | right single quote |
| 147 | 93 | “ | left double quote |
| 148 | 94 | ” | right double quote |
| 149 | 95 | • | bullet |
| 150 | 96 | – | en dash |
| 151 | 97 | — | em dash |
| 152 | 98 | ˜ | small tilde |
| 153 | 99 | ™ | trademark |
| 154 | 9A | š | lowercase s caron |
| 155 | 9B | › | right angle quote |
| 156 | 9C | œ | lowercase ligature oe |
| 157 | 9D | | undefined |
| 158 | 9E | ž | lowercase z caron |
| 159 | 9F | Ÿ | uppercase y diaeresis |
| 160 | A0 | no-break space | |
| 161 | A1 | ¡ | inverted exclamation point |
| 162 | A2 | ¢ | cent sign |
| 163 | A3 | £ | pound sign |
| 164 | A4 | ¤ | currency sign |
| 165 | A5 | ¥ | yen sign |
| 166 | A6 | ¦ | broken bar |
| 167 | A7 | § | section sign |
| 168 | A8 | ¨ | diaeresis |
| 169 | A9 | © | copyright sign |
| 170 | AA | ª | feminine ordinal indicator |
| 171 | AB | « | left angle double quote |
| 172 | AC | ¬ | not sign |
| 173 | AD | | soft hyphen |
| 174 | AE | ® | registered sign |
| 175 | AF | ¯ | macron |
| 176 | B0 | ° | degree sign |
| 177 | B1 | ± | plus-minus sign |
| 178 | B2 | ² | superscript 2 |
| 179 | B3 | ³ | superscript 3 |
| 180 | B4 | ´ | acute accent |
| 181 | B5 | µ | micro sign |
| 182 | B6 | ¶ | paragraph sign |
| 183 | B7 | · | middle dot |
| 184 | B8 | ¸ | cedilla |
| 185 | B9 | ¹ | superscript 1 |
| 186 | BA | º | masculine ordinal indicator |
| 187 | BB | » | right angle double quote |
| 188 | BC | ¼ | one quarter |
| 189 | BD | ½ | one half |
| 190 | BE | ¾ | three quarters |
| 191 | BF | ¿ | inverted question mark |
| 192 | C0 | À | uppercase a grave |
| 193 | C1 | Á | uppercase a acute |
| 194 | C2 | Â | uppercase a circumflex |
| 195 | C3 | Ã | uppercase a tilde |
| 196 | C4 | Ä | uppercase a diaeresis |
| 197 | C5 | Å | uppercase a ring above |
| 198 | C6 | Æ | uppercase ligature ae |
| 199 | C7 | Ç | uppercase c cedilla |
| 200 | C8 | È | uppercase e grave |
| 201 | C9 | É | uppercase e acute |
| 202 | CA | Ê | uppercase e circumflex |
| 203 | CB | Ë | uppercase e diaeresis |
| 204 | CC | Ì | uppercase i grave |
| 205 | CD | Í | uppercase i acute |
| 206 | CE | Î | uppercase i circumflex |
| 207 | CF | Ï | uppercase i diaeresis |
| 208 | D0 | Ð | uppercase eth |
| 209 | D1 | Ñ | uppercase n tilde |
| 210 | D2 | Ò | uppercase o grave |
| 211 | D3 | Ó | uppercase o acute |
| 212 | D4 | Ô | uppercase o circumflex |
| 213 | D5 | Õ | uppercase o tilde |
| 214 | D6 | Ö | uppercase o diaeresis |
| 215 | D7 | × | multiplication sign |
| 216 | D8 | Ø | uppercase o stroke |
| 217 | D9 | Ù | uppercase u grave |
| 218 | DA | Ú | uppercase u acute |
| 219 | DB | Û | uppercase u circumflex |
| 220 | DC | Ü | uppercase u diaeresis |
| 221 | DD | Ý | uppercase y acute |
| 222 | DE | Þ | uppercase thorn |
| 223 | DF | ß | lowercase sharp s |
| 224 | E0 | à | lowercase a grave |
| 225 | E1 | á | lowercase a acute |
| 226 | E2 | â | lowercase a circumflex |
| 227 | E3 | ã | lowercase a tilde |
| 228 | E4 | ä | lowercase a diaeresis |
| 229 | E5 | å | lowercase a ring above |
| 230 | E6 | æ | lowercase ligature ae |
| 231 | E7 | ç | lowercase c cedilla |
| 232 | E8 | è | lowercase e grave |
| 233 | E9 | é | lowercase e acute |
| 234 | EA | ê | lowercase e circumflex |
| 235 | EB | ë | lowercase e diaeresis |
| 236 | EC | ì | lowercase i grave |
| 237 | ED | í | lowercase i acute |
| 238 | EE | î | lowercase i circumflex |
| 239 | EF | ï | lowercase i diaeresis |
| 240 | F0 | ð | lowercase eth |
| 241 | F1 | ñ | lowercase n tilde |
| 242 | F2 | ò | lowercase o grave |
| 243 | F3 | ó | lowercase o acute |
| 244 | F4 | ô | lowercase o circumflex |
| 245 | F5 | õ | lowercase o tilde |
| 246 | F6 | ö | lowercase o diaeresis |
| 247 | F7 | ÷ | division sign |
| 248 | F8 | ø | lowercase o stroke |
| 249 | F9 | ù | lowercase u grave |
| 250 | FA | ú | lowercase u acute |
| 251 | FB | û | lowercase u circumflex |
| 252 | FC | ü | lowercase u diaeresis |
| 253 | FD | ý | lowercase y acute |
| 254 | FE | þ | lowercase thorn |
| 255 | FF | ÿ | lowercase y diaeresis |
Article published on July 16, 2007
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