Character Set
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Nonprintable ASCII Characters
The following table defines the ASCII character set in decimal, hexadecimal, character, and control character values.
Decimal
Octal
Hexadecimal
Character
Character Control
0
00
00
NUL
NULL
1
01
01
SOH
START OF HEADING
2
02
02
STX
START OF TEXT
3
03
03
ETX
END OF TEXT
4
04
04
EOT
END OF TRANSMISSION
5
05
05
ENQ
ENQUIRY
6
06
06
ACK
ACKNOWLEDGE
7
07
07
BEL
BEEP
8
10
08
BS
BACKSPACE
9
11
09
HT
HORIZONTAL TAB
10
12
0A
LF
LINE FEED
11
13
0B
VT
VERTICAL TAB (home)
12
14
0C
FF
FORM FEED
13
15
0D
CR
CARRIAGE RETURN
14
16
0E
SO
SHIFT OUT
15
17
0F
SI
SHIFT IN
16
20
10
DLE
DATALINK ESCAPE
17
21
11
DC1
DEVICE CONTROL ONE
18
22
12
DC2
DEVICE CONTROL TWO
19
23
13
DC3
DEVICE CONTROL THREE
20
24
14
DC4
DEVICE CONTROL FOUR
21
25
15
NAK
NEGATIVE ACKNOWLEDGE
22
26
16
SYN
SYNCHRONOUS IDLE
23
27
17
ETB
END OF TRANSMISSION BLOCK
24
30
18
CAN
CANCEL
25
31
19
EM
END OF MEDIUM
26
32
1A
SUB
SUBSTITUTE
27
33
1B
ESC
ESCAPE
28
34
1C
FS
FILE SEPARATOR (cursor right)
29
35
1D
GS
GROUP SEPARATOR (cursor left)
30
36
1E
RS
RECORD SEPARATOR (cursor up)
31
37
1F
US
UNIT SEPARATOR (cursor down)
Printable ASCII Characters
The following table defines the ASCII set in decimal, hexadecimal and character.
Decimal
Octal
Hexa-decimal
Character
Decimal
Octal
Hexa-decimal
Character
32
40
20
SPACE
58
72
3A
:
33
41
21
!
59
73
3B
;
34
42
22
"
60
74
3C
<
35
43
23
#
61
75
3D
=
36
44
24
$
62
76
3E
>
37
45
25
%
63
77
3F
?
38
46
26
&
64
100
40
@
39
47
27
'
65
101
41
A
40
50
28
(
66
102
42
B
41
51
29
)
67
103
43
C
42
52
2A
*
68
104
44
D
43
53
2B
+
69
105
45
E
44
54
2C
,
70
106
46
F
45
55
2D
-
71
107
47
G
46
56
2E
.
72
110
48
H
47
57
2F
/
73
111
49
I
48
60
30
0
74
112
4A
J
49
61
31
1
75
113
4B
K
50
62
32
2
76
114
4C
L
51
63
33
3
77
115
4D
M
52
64
34
4
78
116
4E
N
53
65
35
5
79
117
4F
O
54
66
36
6
80
120
50
P
55
67
37
7
81
121
51
Q
56
70
38
8
82
122
52
R
57
71
39
9
83
123
53
S
Printable ASCII Character Set continued:
Decimal
Octal
Hexadecimal
Character
Decimal
Octal
Hexadecimal
Character
84
124
54
T
106
152
6A
j
85
125
55
U
107
153
6B
k
86
126
56
V
108
154
6C
l
87
127
57
W
109
155
6D
m
88
130
58
X
110
156
6E
n
89
131
59
Y
111
157
6F
o
90
132
5A
Z
112
160
70
p
91
133
5B
[
113
161
71
q
92
134
5C
\
114
162
72
r
93
135
5D
]
115
163
73
s
94
136
5E
^
116
164
74
t
95
137
5F
_
117
165
75
u
96
140
60
`
118
166
76
v
97
141
61
a
119
167
77
w
98
142
62
b
120
170
78
x
99
143
63
c
121
171
79
y
100
144
64
d
122
172
7A
z
101
145
65
e
123
173
7B
{
102
146
66
f
124
174
7C
|
103
147
67
g
125
175
7D
}
104
150
68
h
126
176
7E
~
105
151
69
i
127
177
7F