The US ASCII Character Set

US ASCII, ANSI X3.4-1986 (ISO 646 International Reference Version)

Codes 0 through 31 and 127 (decimal) are unprintable control characters.
Code 32 (decimal) is a nonprinting spacing character. Codes 33 through 126 (decimal) are printable graphic characters.

Legend:
  Char     The printed representation of the character, if any
  Dec      The decimal code for the character
  Row/Col  The decimal row/column representation for the character
  Oct      The octal (base 8) code for the character
  Hex      The hexadecimal (base 16) code for the character


Char Dec Col/Row Oct Hex Name and Description
0 00/00 00 00 NUL (Ctrl-@) NULL 1 00/01 01 01 SOH (Ctrl-A) START OF HEADING 2 00/02 02 02 STX (Ctrl-B) START OF TEXT 3 00/03 03 03 ETX (Ctrl-C) END OF TEXT 4 00/04 04 04 EOT (Ctrl-D) END OF TRANSMISSION 5 00/05 05 05 ENQ (Ctrl-E) ENQUIRY 6 00/06 06 06 ACK (Ctrl-F) ACKNOWLEDGE 7 00/07 07 07 BEL (Ctrl-G) BELL (Beep) 8 00/08 10 08 BS (Ctrl-H) BACKSPACE 9 00/09 11 09 HT (Ctrl-I) HORIZONTAL TAB 10 00/10 12 0A LF (Ctrl-J) LINE FEED 11 00/11 13 0B VT (Ctrl-K) VERTICAL TAB 12 00/12 14 0C FF (Ctrl-L) FORM FEED 13 00/13 15 0D CR (Ctrl-M) CARRIAGE RETURN 14 00/14 16 0E SO (Ctrl-N) SHIFT OUT 15 00/15 17 0F SI (Ctrl-O) SHIFT IN 16 01/00 20 10 DLE (Ctrl-P) DATA LINK ESCAPE 17 01/01 21 11 DC1 (Ctrl-Q) DEVICE CONTROL 1 (XON) 18 01/02 22 12 DC2 (Ctrl-R) DEVICE CONTROL 2 19 01/03 23 13 DC3 (Ctrl-S) DEVICE CONTROL 3 (XOFF) 20 01/04 24 14 DC4 (Ctrl-T) DEVICE CONTROL 4 21 01/05 25 15 NAK (Ctrl-U) NEGATIVE ACKNOWLEDGE 22 01/06 26 16 SYN (Ctrl-V) SYNCHRONOUS IDLE 23 01/07 27 17 ETB (Ctrl-W) END OF TRANSMISSION BLOCK 24 01/08 30 18 CAN (Ctrl-X) CANCEL 25 01/09 31 19 EM (Ctrl-Y) END OF MEDIUM 26 01/10 32 1A SUB (Ctrl-Z) SUBSTITUTE 27 01/11 33 1B ESC (Ctrl-[) ESCAPE 28 01/12 34 1C FS (Ctrl-\) FILE SEPARATOR 29 01/13 35 1D GS (Ctrl-]) GROUP SEPARATOR 30 01/14 36 1E RS (Ctrl-^) RECORD SEPARATOR 31 01/15 37 1F US (Ctrl-_) UNIT SEPARATOR
( ) 32 02/00 40 20 SPACE (!) 33 02/01 41 21 EXCLAMATION MARK (") 34 02/02 42 22 QUOTATION MARK (#) 35 02/03 43 23 NUMBER SIGN ($) 36 02/04 44 24 DOLLAR SIGN (%) 37 02/05 45 25 PERCENT SIGN (&) 38 02/06 46 26 AMPERSAND (') 39 02/07 47 27 APOSTROPHE (() 40 02/08 50 28 LEFT PARENTHESIS ()) 41 02/09 51 29 RIGHT PARENTHESIS (*) 42 02/10 52 2A ASTERISK (+) 43 02/11 53 2B PLUS SIGN (,) 44 02/12 54 2C COMMA (-) 45 02/13 55 2D HYPHEN, MINUS SIGN (.) 46 02/14 56 2E PERIOD, FULL STOP (/) 47 02/15 57 2F SOLIDUS, SLASH (0) 48 03/00 60 30 DIGIT ZERO (1) 49 03/01 61 31 DIGIT ONE (2) 50 03/02 62 32 DIGIT TWO (3) 51 03/03 63 33 DIGIT THREE (4) 52 03/04 64 34 DIGIT FOUR (5) 53 03/05 65 35 DIGIT FIVE (6) 54 03/06 66 36 DIGIT SIX (7) 55 03/07 67 37 DIGIT SEVEN (8) 56 03/08 70 38 DIGIT EIGHT (9) 57 03/09 71 39 DIGIT NINE (:) 58 03/10 72 3A COLON (;) 59 03/11 73 3B SEMICOLON (<) 60 03/12 74 3C LESS-THAN SIGN, LEFT ANGLE BRACKET (=) 61 03/13 75 3D EQUALS SIGN (>) 62 03/14 76 3E GREATER-THAN SIGN, RIGHT ANGLE BRACKET (?) 63 03/15 77 3F QUESTION MARK (@) 64 04/00 100 40 COMMERCIAL AT SIGN (A) 65 04/01 101 41 CAPITAL LETTER A (B) 66 04/02 102 42 CAPITAL LETTER B (C) 67 04/03 103 43 CAPITAL LETTER C (D) 68 04/04 104 44 CAPITAL LETTER D (E) 69 04/05 105 45 CAPITAL LETTER E (F) 70 04/06 106 46 CAPITAL LETTER F (G) 71 04/07 107 47 CAPITAL LETTER G (H) 72 04/08 110 48 CAPITAL LETTER H (I) 73 04/09 111 49 CAPITAL LETTER I (J) 74 04/10 112 4A CAPITAL LETTER J (K) 75 04/11 113 4B CAPITAL LETTER K (L) 76 04/12 114 4C CAPITAL LETTER L (M) 77 04/13 115 4D CAPITAL LETTER M (N) 78 04/14 116 4E CAPITAL LETTER N (O) 79 04/15 117 4F CAPITAL LETTER O (P) 80 05/00 120 50 CAPITAL LETTER P (Q) 81 05/01 121 51 CAPITAL LETTER Q (R) 82 05/02 122 52 CAPITAL LETTER R (S) 83 05/03 123 53 CAPITAL LETTER S (T) 84 05/04 124 54 CAPITAL LETTER T (U) 85 05/05 125 55 CAPITAL LETTER U (V) 86 05/06 126 56 CAPITAL LETTER V (W) 87 05/07 127 57 CAPITAL LETTER W (X) 88 05/08 130 58 CAPITAL LETTER X (Y) 89 05/09 131 59 CAPITAL LETTER Y (Z) 90 05/10 132 5A CAPITAL LETTER Z ([) 91 05/11 133 5B LEFT SQUARE BRACKET (\) 92 05/12 134 5C REVERSE SOLIDUS (BACKSLASH) (]) 93 05/13 135 5D RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET (^) 94 05/14 136 5E CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT (_) 95 05/15 137 5F LOW LINE, UNDERLINE (`) 96 06/00 140 60 GRAVE ACCENT (a) 97 06/01 141 61 SMALL LETTER a (b) 98 06/02 142 62 SMALL LETTER b (c) 99 06/03 143 63 SMALL LETTER c (d) 100 06/04 144 64 SMALL LETTER d (e) 101 06/05 145 65 SMALL LETTER e (f) 102 06/06 146 66 SMALL LETTER f (g) 103 06/07 147 67 SMALL LETTER g (h) 104 06/08 150 68 SMALL LETTER h (i) 105 06/09 151 69 SMALL LETTER i (j) 106 06/10 152 6A SMALL LETTER j (k) 107 06/11 153 6B SMALL LETTER k (l) 108 06/12 154 6C SMALL LETTER l (m) 109 06/13 155 6D SMALL LETTER m (n) 110 06/14 156 6E SMALL LETTER n (o) 111 06/15 157 6F SMALL LETTER o (p) 112 07/00 160 70 SMALL LETTER p (q) 113 07/01 161 71 SMALL LETTER q (r) 114 07/02 162 72 SMALL LETTER r (s) 115 07/03 163 73 SMALL LETTER s (t) 116 07/04 164 74 SMALL LETTER t (u) 117 07/05 165 75 SMALL LETTER u (v) 118 07/06 166 76 SMALL LETTER v (w) 119 07/07 167 77 SMALL LETTER w (x) 120 07/08 170 78 SMALL LETTER x (y) 121 07/09 171 79 SMALL LETTER y (z) 122 07/10 172 7A SMALL LETTER z ({) 123 07/11 173 7B LEFT CURLY BRACKET, LEFT BRACE (|) 124 07/12 174 7C VERTICAL LINE, VERTICAL BAR (}) 125 07/13 175 7D RIGHT CURLY BRACKET, RIGHT BRACE (~) 126 07/14 176 7E TILDE
127 07/15 177 7F RUB (Ctrl-?) RUBOUT (DELETE)
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