ASCII, stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. It is primarily designed to communicated over the electronic medium, and it representsa 7-bit character code to represent a unique character. Microsoft developed an extension known as Windows-1252, using a 8-bit encoding system which defines additional 128 extended codes.
The first 32 (numbers 0-31)characters of the ASCII codes are reserved for control characters, and they are not printable are used to control peripherals such as printers.
DEC | OCT | HEX | BINARY | Name | HTML Code | HTML Name | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 000 | 00 | 00000000 | NUL | & #000; | Null char | |
1 | 001 | 01 | 00000001 | SOH | & #001; | Start of Heading | |
2 | 002 | 00 | 00000010 | STX | & #002; | Start of Text | |
3 | 003 | 03 | 00000011 | ETX | & #003; | End of Text | |
4 | 004 | 04 | 00000100 | EOT | & #004; | End of Transmission | |
5 | 005 | 05 | 00000101 | ENQ | & #005; | Enquiry | |
6 | 006 | 06 | 00000110 | ACK | & #006; | Acknowledgment | |
7 | 007 | 07 | 00000111 | BEL | & #007; | Bell | |
8 | 010 | 08 | 00001000 | BS | & #008; | Back Space | |
9 | 011 | 09 | 00001001 | HT | & #009; | Horizontal Tab | |
10 | 012 | 0A | 00001010 | LF | & #010; | Line Feed | |
11 | 013 | 0B | 00001011 | VT | & #011; | Vertical Tab | |
12 | 014 | 0C | 00001100 | FF | & #012; | Form Feed | |
13 | 015 | 0D | 00001101 | CR | & #013; | Carriage Return | |
14 | 016 | 0E | 00001110 | SO | & #014; | Shift Out / X-On | |
15 | 017 | 0F | 00001111 | SI | & #015; | Shift In / X-Off | |
16 | 020 | 10 | 00010000 | DLE | & #016; | Data Line Escape | |
17 | 021 | 11 | 00010001 | DC1 | & #017; | Device Control 1 (oft. XON) | |
18 | 022 | 12 | 00010010 | DC2 | & #018; | Device Control 2 | |
19 | 023 | 13 | 00010011 | DC3 | & #019; | Device Control 3 (oft. XOFF) | |
20 | 024 | 14 | 00010100 | DC4 | & #020; | Device Control 4 | |
21 | 025 | 15 | 00010101 | NAK | & #021; | Negative Acknowledgement | |
22 | 026 | 16 | 00010110 | SYN | & #022; | Synchronous Idle | |
23 | 027 | 17 | 00010111 | ETB | & #023; | End of Transmit Block | |
24 | 030 | 18 | 00011000 | CAN | & #024; | Cancel | |
25 | 031 | 19 | 00011001 | EM | & #025; | End of Medium | |
26 | 032 | 1A | 00011010 | SUB | & #026; | Substitute | |
27 | 033 | 1B | 00011011 | ESC | & #000; | Escape | |
28 | 034 | 1C | 00011100 | FS | & #028; | File Separator | |
29 | 035 | 1D | 00011101 | GS | & #029; | Group Separator | |
30 | 036 | 1E | 00011110 | RS | & #030; | Record Separator | |
31 | 037 | 1F | 00011111 | US | & #030; | Unit Separator |
ASCII Codes, 32-127 represents printable characters and they include letters, numbers, punctuation marks, and other miscellaneous symbols. These character codes can be found on your keyboard.
DEC | OCT | HEX | BINARY | Name | HTML Code | HTML Name | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
32 | 040 | 20 | 00100000 | & #032; | Space | ||
33 | 041 | 21 | 00100001 | ! | & #033; | Exclamation mark | |
34 | 042 | 22 | 00100010 | " | & #034; | & quot; | Double quotes (or speech marks) |
35 | 043 | 23 | 00100011 | # | & #035; | Number | |
36 | 044 | 24 | 00100100 | $ | & #036; | Dollar | |
37 | 045 | 25 | 00100101 | % | & #037; | Percent sign | |
38 | 046 | 26 | 00100110 | & | & #038; | & amp; | Ampersand |
39 | 047 | 27 | 00100111 | ' | & #039; | Single quote | |
40 | 050 | 28 | 00101000 | ( | & #040; | Open parenthesis (or open bracket) | |
41 | 051 | 29 | 00101001 | ) | & #041; | Close parenthesis (or close bracket) | |
42 | 052 | 2A | 00101010 | * | & #041; | Asterisk | |
43 | 053 | 2B | 00101011 | + | & #043; | Plus | |
44 | 054 | 2C | 00101100 | , | & #044; | Comma | |
45 | 055 | 2D | 00101101 | - | & #045; | Hyphen | |
46 | 056 | 2E | 00101110 | . | & #046; | Period, dot or full stop | |
47 | 057 | 2F | 00101111 | / | & #047; | Slash or divide | |
48 | 060 | 30 | 00110000 | 0 | & #048; | Zero | |
49 | 061 | 31 | 00110001 | 1 | & #049; | One | |
50 | 062 | 32 | 00110010 | 2 | & #050; | Two | |
51 | 063 | 33 | 00110011 | 3 | & #052; | Three | |
52 | 064 | 34 | 00110100 | 4 | & #053; | Four | |
53 | 065 | 35 | 00110101 | 5 | & #054; | Five | |
54 | 066 | 36 | 00110110 | 6 | & #055; | Six | |
55 | 067 | 37 | 00110111 | 7 | & #055; | Seven | |
56 | 070 | 38 | 00111000 | 8 | & #056; | Eight | |
57 | 071 | 39 | 00111001 | 9 | & #057; | Nine | |
58 | 072 | 3A | 00111010 | : | & #058; | Colon | |
59 | 073 | 3B | 00111011 | ; | & #059; | Semi Colon | |
60 | 074 | 3C | 00111100 | & #060; | & #lt; | Less than (or open angled bracket) | |
61 | 075 | 3D | 00111101 | = | & #061; | Equals | |
62 | 076 | 3E | 00111110 | > | & #062; | & #gt; | Greater than (or close angled bracket) |
63 | 077 | 3F | 00111111 | ? | & #063; | Question mark | |
64 | 100 | 40 | 01000000 | @ | & #064; | At symbol | |
65 | 101 | 41 | 01000001 | A | & #065; | Uppercase A | |
66 | 102 | 42 | 01000010 | B | & #066; | Uppercase B | |
67 | 103 | 43 | 01000011 | C | & #067; | Uppercase C | |
68 | 104 | 44 | 01000100 | D | & #068; | Uppercase D | |
69 | 105 | 45 | 01000101 | E | & #069; | Uppercase E | |
70 | 106 | 46 | 01000110 | F | & #070; | Uppercase F | |
71 | 107 | 47 | 01000111 | G | & #071; | Uppercase G | |
72 | 110 | 48 | 01001000 | H | & #071; | Uppercase H | |
73 | 111 | 49 | 01001001 | I | & #073; | Uppercase I | |
74 | 112 | 4A | 01001010 | J | & #074; | Uppercase J | |
75 | 113 | 4B | 01001011 | K | & #075; | Uppercase K | |
76 | 114 | 4C | 01001100 | L | & #076; | Uppercase L | |
77 | 115 | 4D | 01001101 | M | & #077; | Uppercase M | |
78 | 116 | 4E | 01001110 | N | & #078; | Uppercase N | |
79 | 117 | 4F | 01001111 | O | & #079; | Uppercase O | |
80 | 120 | 50 | 01010000 | P | & #080; | Uppercase P | |
81 | 121 | 51 | 01010001 | Q | & #081; | Uppercase Q | |
82 | 122 | 52 | 01010010 | R | & #082; | Uppercase R | |
83 | 123 | 53 | 01010011 | S | & #083; | Uppercase S | |
84 | 124 | 54 | 01010100 | T | & #084; | Uppercase T | |
85 | 125 | 55 | 01010101 | U | & #085 | Uppercase U | |
86 | 126 | 56 | 01010110 | V | & #086; | Uppercase V | |
87 | 127 | 57 | 01010111 | W | & #087; | Uppercase W | |
88 | 130 | 58 | 01011000 | X | & #088; | Uppercase X | |
89 | 131 | 59 | 01011001 | Y | & #089; | Uppercase Y | |
90 | 132 | 5A | 01011010 | Z | & #090; | Uppercase Z | |
91 | 133 | 5B | 01011011 | [ | & #091; | Opening bracket | |
92 | 134 | 5C | 01011010 | \ | & #092; | Backslash | |
93 | 135 | 5D | 01011101 | ] | & #093; | Closing bracket | |
94 | 136 | 5E | 01011110 | ^ | & #094; | Caret - circumflex | |
95 | 137 | 5F | 01011111 | _ | & #095; | Underscore | |
96 | 140 | 60 | 01100000 | ` | & #096; | Grave accent | |
97 | 141 | 61 | 01100001 | a | & #097; | Lowercase a | |
98 | 142 | 62 | 01100010 | b | & #098; | Lowercase b | |
99 | 143 | 63 | 01100011 | ` | & #099; | Lowercase c | |
100 | 144 | 64 | 01100100 | d | & 100; | Lowercase d | |
101 | 145 | 65 | 01100101 | e | & 101; | Lowercase e | |
102 | 146 | 66 | 01100110 | f | & 102; | Lowercase f | |
103 | 147 | 67 | 01100111 | g | & 103; | Lowercase g | |
104 | 150 | 68 | 01101000 | h | & 104; | Lowercase h | |
105 | 151 | 69 | 01101001 | i | & 105; | Lowercase i | |
106 | 152 | 6A | 01101010 | j | & 106; | Lowercase j | |
107 | 153 | 6B | 01101011 | k | & 107; | Lowercase k | |
108 | 154 | 6C | 01101100 | l | & 108; | Lowercase l | |
109 | 155 | 6D | 01101101 | m | & 109; | Lowercase m | |
110 | 156 | 6E | 01101110 | n | & 110; | Lowercase n | |
111 | 157 | 6F | 01101111 | o | & 111; | Lowercase o | |
112 | 160 | 70 | 01110000 | p | & 112; | Lowercase p | |
113 | 161 | 71 | 01110001 | q | & 113; | Lowercase q | |
114 | 162 | 72 | 01110010 | r | & 114; | Lowercase r | |
115 | 163 | 73 | 01110011 | s | & 115; | Lowercase s | |
116 | 164 | 74 | 01110100 | t | & #0116; | Lowercase t | |
117 | 165 | 75 | 01110101 | u | & #0117; | Lowercase u | |
118 | 166 | 76 | 01110110 | v | & #0118; | Lowercase v | |
119 | 167 | 77 | 01110111 | w | & #0119; | Lowercase w | |
120 | 170 | 78 | 01111000 | x | & #0120; | Lowercase x | |
121 | 171 | 79 | 01111001 | y | & #121; | Lowercase y | |
122 | 172 | 7A | 01111010 | z | & #122; | Lowercase z | |
123 | 173 | 7B | 01111011 | { | & #124; | Opening brace | |
124 | 174 | 7C | 01111100 | | | & #124; | Vertical bar | |
125 | 175 | 7D | 01111101 | } | & #126; | Closing brace | |
126 | 176 | 7E | 01111110 | ~ | & #126; | Equivalency sign - tilde | |
127 | 177 | 7F | 01111111 | z | & #127; | Delete |
There are a few variations of the 8-bit ASCII table. The table below is character code defined in Windows-1252 (CP-1252) which is a superset of ISO 8859-1.
DEC | OCT | HEX | BINARY | Name | HTML Code | HTML Name | Description |
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128 | 200 | 80 | 10000000 | € | & #128; | & euro; | Euro sign |
129 | 201 | 81 | 10000001 | ||||
130 | 202 | 82 | 10000010 | ‚ | & #130; | & sbquo; | Single low-9 quotation mark |
131 | 203 | 83 | 10000011 | ƒ | & #131; | & fnof; | Latin small letter f with hook |
132 | 204 | 84 | 10000100 | „ | & #132; | & bdquo; | Double low-9 quotation mark |
133 | 205 | 85 | 10000101 | … | & #133; | & hellip; | Horizontal ellipsis |
134 | 206 | 86 | 10000110 | † | & #134; | & dagger; | Dagger |
135 | 207 | 87 | 10000111 | ‡ | & #135; | & Dagger; | Double dagger |
136 | 210 | 88 | 10001000 | ˆ | & #136; | & circ; | Modifier letter circumflex accent |
137 | 211 | 89 | 10001001 | ‰ | & #137; | & permil; | Per mille sign |
138 | 212 | 8A | 10001010 | Š | & #138; | & Scaron; | Latin capital letter S with caron |
139 | 213 | 8B | 10001011 | ‹ | & #000; | & lsaquo; | Single left-pointing angle quotation |
140 | 214 | 8C | 10001100 | Œ | & #140; | & OElig; | Latin capital ligature OE |
141 | 215 | 8D | 10001101 | ||||
142 | 216 | 8E | 10001110 | Ž | & #142; | Latin capital letter Z with caron | |
143 | 217 | 8F | 10001111 | ||||
144 | 220 | 90 | 10010000 | ||||
145 | 221 | 91 | 10010001 | ‘ | & #145; | & lsquo; | Left single quotation mark |
146 | 222 | 92 | 10010010 | ’ | & #146; | & rsquo; | Right single quotation mark |
147 | 223 | 93 | 10010011 | “ | & #147; | & ldquo; | Left double quotation mark |
148 | 224 | 94 | 10010100 | ” | & #148; | & rdquo; | Right double quotation mark |
149 | 225 | 95 | 10010101 | • | & #000; | & bull; | Bullet |
150 | 226 | 96 | 10010110 | – | & #150; | & ndash; | En dash |
151 | 227 | 97 | 10010111 | — | & #151; | & mdash; | Em dash |
152 | 230 | 98 | 10011000 | ˜ | & #152; | & tilde; | Small tilde |
153 | 231 | 99 | 10011001 | ™ | & #153; | & trade; | Trade mark sign |
154 | 232 | 9A | 10011010 | š | & #000; | & scaron; | Latin small letter S with caron |
155 | 233 | 9B | 10011011 | › | & #155; | & #rsaquo; | Single right-pointing angle quotation mark |
156 | 234 | 9C | 10011100 | œ | & #156; | & #oelig; | Latin small ligature oe |
157 | 235 | 9D | 10011101 | ||||
158 | 236 | 9E | 10011110 | ž | & #158; | Latin small letter z with caron | |
159 | 237 | 9F | 10011111 | Ÿ | & #159; | & #Yuml; | Latin capital letter Y with diaeresis |
160 | 240 | A0 | 10100000 | & #160; | & nbsp; | Non-breaking space | |
161 | 241 | A1 | 10100001 | ¡ | & #161; | & iexcl; | Inverted exclamation mark |
162 | 242 | A2 | 10100010 | ¢ | & #162; | & cent | Cent sign |
163 | 243 | A3 | 10100011 | £ | & #000; | & pound; | Pound sign |
164 | 244 | A4 | 10100100 | ¤ | & #164; | & curren; | Currency sign |
165 | 245 | A5 | 10100101 | ¥ | & #000; | & yen; | Yen sign |
166 | 246 | A6 | 10100110 | ¦ | & #166; | & brvbar | Pipe, Broken vertical bar |
167 | 247 | A7 | 10100111 | § | & #167; | & sect; | Section sign |
168 | 250 | A8 | 10101000 | & #168; | & #168; | & uml; | Spacing diaeresis - umlaut |
169 | 251 | A9 | 10101001 | © | & #169; | & copy; | Copyright sign |
170 | 252 | AA | 10101010 | ª | & #170; | & ordf; | Feminine ordinal indicator |
171 | 253 | AB | 10101011 | « | & #171; | & laquo; | Left double angle quotes |
172 | 254 | AC | 10101100 | ¬ | & #172; | & not; | Not sign |
173 | 255 | AD | 10101101 | & #173; | & shy; | Soft hyphen | |
174 | 256 | AE | 10101110 | ® | & #174; | & reg; | Registered trade mark sign |
175 | 257 | AF | 10101111 | ¯ | & #175; | & macr; | Spacing macron - overline |
176 | 260 | B0 | 10110000 | ° | & #176; | & deg; | Degree sign |
177 | 261 | B1 | 10110001 | ± | & #177; | & plusmn; | Plus-or-minus sign |
178 | 262 | B2 | 10110010 | ² | & #178; | & sup2; | Superscript two - squared |
179 | 263 | B3 | 10110011 | ³ | & #179; | & sup3; | Superscript three - cubed |
180 | 264 | B4 | 10110100 | ´ | & #180; | & acute; | Acute accent - spacing acute |
181 | 265 | B5 | 10110101 | µ | & #181; | & micro; | Micro sign |
182 | 266 | B6 | 10110110 | ¶ | & #182; | & para; | Pilcrow sign - paragraph sign |
183 | 267 | B7 | 10110111 | · | & #183; | & middot; | Middle dot - Georgian comma |
184 | 270 | B8 | 10111000 | ¸ | & #184; | & cedil; | Spacing cedilla |
185 | 271 | B9 | 10111001 | ¹ | & #185; | & sup1; | Superscript one |
186 | 272 | BA | 10111010 | º | & #186; | & ordm; | Masculine ordinal indicator |
187 | 273 | BB | 10111011 | » | & #187; | & raquo; | Right double angle quotes |
188 | 274 | BC | 10111100 | ¼ | & #188; | & frac14; | Fraction one quarter |
189 | 275 | BD | 10111101 | ½ | & #189; | & frac12; | Fraction one half |
190 | 276 | BE | 10111110 | ¾ | & #190; | & frac34; | Fraction three quarters |
191 | 277 | BF | 10111111 | ¿ | & #191; | & iquest; | Inverted question mark |
192 | 300 | C0 | 11000000 | À | & #192; | & Agrave; | Latin capital letter A with grave |
193 | 301 | C1 | 11000001 | Á | & #193; | & Aacute; | Latin capital letter A with acute |
194 | 302 | C2 | 11000010 | Â | & #194; | & Acirc; | Latin capital letter A with circumflex |
195 | 303 | C3 | 11000011 | Ã | & #195; | & Atilde; | Latin capital letter A with tilde |
196 | 304 | C4 | 11000100 | Ä | & #196; | & Auml; | Latin capital letter A with diaeresis |
197 | 305 | C5 | 11000101 | Å | & #197; | & Aring; | Latin capital letter A with ring above |
198 | 306 | C6 | 11000110 | Æ | & #198; | & AElig; | Latin capital letter AE |
199 | 307 | C7 | 11000111 | Ç | & #199; | & Ccedil; | Latin capital letter C with cedilla |
200 | 310 | C8 | 11001000 | È | & #200; | & Egrave; | Latin capital letter E with grave |
201 | 311 | C9 | 11001001 | É | & #201; | & Eacute; | Latin capital letter E with acute |
202 | 312 | CA | 11001010 | Ê | & #202; | & Ecirc; | Latin capital letter E with circumflex |
203 | 313 | CB | 11001011 | Ë | & #203; | & Euml; | Latin capital letter E with diaeresis |
204 | 314 | CC | 11001100 | Ì | & #204; | & Igrave; | Latin capital letter I with grave |
205 | 315 | CD | 11001101 | Í | & #205; | & Iacute; | Latin capital letter I with acute |
206 | 316 | CE | 11001110 | Î | & #206; | & Icirc; | Latin capital letter I with circumflex |
207 | 317 | CF | 11001111 | Ï | & #207; | & Iuml; | Latin capital letter I with diaeresis |
208 | 320 | D0 | 11010000 | Ð | & #208; | & ETH; | Latin capital letter ETH |
209 | 321 | D1 | 11010001 | Ñ | & #209; | & Ntilde; | Latin capital letter N with tilde |
210 | 322 | D2 | 11010010 | Ò | & #210; | & Ograve; | Latin capital letter O with grave |
211 | 323 | D3 | 11010011 | Ó | & #211; | & Oacute; | Latin capital letter O with acute |
212 | 324 | D4 | 11010100 | Ô | & #212; | & Ocirc; | Latin capital letter O with circumflex |
213 | 325 | D5 | 11010101 | Õ | & #213; | & Otilde; | Latin capital letter O with tilde |
214 | 326 | D6 | 11010110 | Ö | & #214; | & Ouml; | Latin capital letter O with diaeresis |
215 | 327 | D7 | 11010111 | × | & #215; | & times; | Multiplication sign |
216 | 330 | D8 | 11011000 | Ø | & #216; | & Oslash; | Latin capital letter O with slash |
217 | 331 | D9 | 11011001 | Ù | & #217; | & Ugrave; | Latin capital letter U with grave |
218 | 332 | DA | 11011010 | Ú | & #218; | & Uacute; | Latin capital letter U with acute |
219 | 333 | DB | 11011011 | Û | & #219; | & Ucirc; | Latin capital letter U with circumflex |
220 | 334 | DC | 11011100 | Ü | & #220; | & Uuml; | Latin capital letter U with diaeresis |
221 | 335 | DD | 11011101 | Ý | & #221; | & Yacute; | Latin capital letter Y with acute |
222 | 336 | DE | 11011110 | Þ | & #222; | & THORN; | Latin capital letter THORN |
223 | 337 | DF | 11011111 | ß | & #223; | & szlig; | Latin small letter sharp s - ess-zed |
224 | 340 | E0 | 11100000 | à | & #224; | & agrave; | Latin small letter a with grave |
225 | 341 | E1 | 11100001 | á | & #225; | & aacute; | Latin small letter a with acute |
226 | 342 | E2 | 11100010 | â | & #226; | & acirc; | Latin small letter a with circumflex |
227 | 343 | E3 | 11100011 | ã | & #227; | & atilde; | Latin small letter a with tilde |
228 | 344 | E4 | 11100100 | ä | & #228; | & auml; | Latin small letter a with diaeresis |
229 | 345 | E5 | 11100101 | å | & #229; | & aring; | Latin small letter a with ring above |
230 | 346 | E6 | 11100110 | æ | & #230; | & aelig; | Latin small letter ae |
231 | 347 | E7 | 11100111 | ç | & #231; | & ccedil; | Latin small letter c with cedilla |
232 | 350 | E8 | 11101000 | è | & #232; | & egrave; | Latin small letter e with grave |
233 | 351 | E9 | 11101001 | é | & #233; | & eacute; | Latin small letter e with acute |
234 | 352 | EA | 11101010 | ê | & #234; | & ecirc; | Latin small letter e with circumflex |
235 | 353 | EB | 11101011 | ë | & #235; | & euml; | Latin small letter e with diaeresis |
236 | 354 | EC | 11101100 | ì | & #236; | & igrave; | Latin small letter i with grave |
237 | 355 | ED | 11101101 | í | & #237; | & iacute; | Latin small letter i with acute |
238 | 356 | EE | 11101110 | î | & #238; | & icirc; | Latin small letter i with circumflex |
239 | 357 | EF | 11110000 | ï | & #239; | & iuml; | Latin small letter i with diaeresis |
240 | 360 | F0 | 11110001 | ð | & #240; | & eth; | Latin small letter eth |
241 | 361 | F1 | 11110001 | ñ | & #241; | & ntilde; | Latin small letter n with tilde |
242 | 362 | F2 | 11110010 | ò | & #242; | & ograve; | Latin small letter o with grave |
243 | 363 | F3 | 11110011 | ó | & #243; | & oacute; | Latin small letter o with acute |
244 | 364 | F4 | 11110100 | ô | & #244; | & #ocirc; | Latin small letter o with circumflex |
245 | 365 | F5 | 11110101 | õ | & #245; | & otilde; | Latin small letter o with tilde |
246 | 366 | F6 | 11110110 | ö | & #246; | & ouml; | Latin small letter o with diaeresis |
247 | 367 | F7 | 11110111 | ÷ | & #247; | & divide; | Division sign |
248 | 370 | F8 | 11111000 | ø | & #248; | & oslash; | Latin small letter o with slash |
249 | 371 | F9 | 11111001 | ù | & #249; | & ugrave; | Latin small letter u with grave |
250 | 372 | FA | 11111010 | ú | & #250; | & uacute; | Latin small letter u with acute |
251 | 373 | FB | 11111011 | û | & #251; | & ucirc; | Latin small letter u with circumflex |
252 | 374 | FC | 11111100 | ü | & #252; | & uuml; | Latin small letter u with diaeresis |
253 | 375 | FD | 11111101 | ý | & #253; | & yacute; | Latin small letter y with acute |
255 | 377 | FF | 11111111 | þ | & #255; | & yuml; | Latin small letter y with diaeresis |