Character Set
ASCII Code |
Character |
Description |
|---|---|---|
0 |
NUL |
Null |
1 |
SOH |
Start of heading |
2 |
STX |
Start of text |
3 |
ETX |
End of text |
4 |
EOT |
End of transmission |
5 |
ENQ |
Inquiry |
6 |
ACK |
Acknowledgment |
7 |
BEL |
Bell |
8 |
BS |
Backspace |
9 |
HT |
Horizontal tab |
10 |
LF |
Line feed |
11 |
VT |
Vertical tab |
12 |
FF |
Form feed |
13 |
CR |
Carriage return |
14 |
SO |
Shift out |
15 |
SI |
Shift in |
16 |
DLE |
Data link escape |
17 |
DC1 |
Device control 1 |
18 |
DC2 |
Device control 2 |
19 |
DC3 |
Device control 3 |
20 |
DC4 |
Device control 4 |
21 |
NAK |
Negative acknowledgment |
22 |
SYN |
Synchronous idle |
23 |
ETB |
End of transmission block |
24 |
CAN |
Cancel |
25 |
EM |
End of medium |
26 |
SUB |
Substitute |
27 |
ESC |
Escape |
28 |
FS |
File separator |
29 |
GS |
Group separator |
30 |
RS |
Record separator |
31 |
US |
Unit separator |
32 |
SP |
Space or blank |
33 |
! |
Exclamation mark |
34 |
“ |
Quotation mark |
35 |
# |
Number sign |
36 |
$ |
Dollar sign |
37 |
% |
Percent sign |
38 |
& |
Ampersand |
39 |
' |
Apostrophe |
40 |
( |
Left Parenthesis |
41 |
) |
Right Parenthesis |
42 |
* |
Asterisk |
43 |
+ |
Plus sign |
44 |
, |
Comma |
45 |
- |
Minus sign or hyphen |
46 |
. |
Period or decimal point |
47 |
/ |
Slash |
48 |
0 |
Zero |
49 |
1 |
One |
50 |
2 |
Two |
51 |
3 |
Three |
52 |
4 |
Four |
53 |
5 |
Five |
54 |
6 |
Six |
55 |
7 |
Seven |
56 |
8 |
Eight |
57 |
9 |
Nine |
58 |
: |
Colon |
59 |
; |
Semicolon |
60 |
< |
Left angle bracket |
61 |
= |
Equal sign |
62 |
> |
Right angle bracket |
63 |
? |
Question mark |
64 |
@ |
At sign |
65 |
A |
Upper case A |
66 |
B |
Upper case B |
67 |
C |
Upper case C |
68 |
D |
Upper case D |
69 |
E |
Upper case E |
70 |
F |
Upper case F |
71 |
G |
Upper case G |
72 |
H |
Upper case H |
73 |
I |
Upper case I |
74 |
J |
Upper case J |
75 |
K |
Upper case K |
76 |
L |
Upper case L |
77 |
M |
Upper case M |
78 |
N |
Upper case N |
79 |
O |
Upper case O |
80 |
P |
Upper case P |
81 |
Q |
Upper case Q |
82 |
R |
Upper case R |
83 |
S |
Upper case S |
84 |
T |
Upper case T |
85 |
U |
Upper case U |
86 |
V |
Upper case V |
87 |
W |
Upper case W |
88 |
X |
Upper case X |
89 |
Y |
Upper case Y |
90 |
Z |
Upper case Z |
91 |
[ |
Left square bracket |
92 |
\ |
Back slash |
93 |
] |
Right square bracket |
94 |
^ |
Circumflex |
95 |
_ |
Underscore |
96 |
` |
Grave accent |
97 |
a |
Lower case a |
98 |
b |
Lower case b |
99 |
c |
Lower case c |
100 |
d |
Lower case d |
101 |
e |
Lower case e |
102 |
f |
Lower case f |
103 |
g |
Lower case g |
104 |
h |
Lower case h |
105 |
i |
Lower case i |
106 |
j |
Lower case j |
107 |
k |
Lower case k |
108 |
l |
Lower case l |
109 |
m |
Lower case m |
110 |
n |
Lower case n |
111 |
o |
Lower case o |
112 |
p |
Lower case p |
113 |
q |
Lower case q |
114 |
r |
Lower case r |
115 |
s |
Lower case s |
116 |
t |
Lower case t |
117 |
u |
Lower case u |
118 |
v |
Lower case v |
119 |
w |
Lower case w |
120 |
x |
Lower case x |
121 |
y |
Lower case y |
122 |
z |
Lower case z |
123 |
{ |
Left brace |
124 |
| |
Vertical line |
125 |
} |
Right brace |
126 |
~ |
Tilde |
127 |
DEL |
Delete |
Note that the extended character set (values 128-255) may be used. However, since the characters of the extended set vary across locales, they are not presented here.