ASCII

ASCII is an acronym for the set of characters that comprise the American Standard Code for Information Interchange.

The table below lists the first 128 characters of the standard ASCII character set. This includes all printable characters and control characters. The caret (^) character indicates that the CTRL key is to be simultaneously depressed with the character that immediately follows.

ASCII Character Set

Hexadecimal

Decimal

Character

 

Hexadecimal

Decimal

Character

 

Hexadecimal

Decimal

Character

 

Hexadecimal

Decimal

Character

00

00

^@

 

20

32

sp

 

40

64

@

 

60

96

01

01

^a

21

33

!

41

65

A

61

97

a

02

02

^b

22

34

"

42

66

B

62

98

b

03

03

^c

23

35

#

43

67

C

63

99

c

04

04

^d

24

36

$

44

68

D

64

100

d

05

05

^e

25

37

%

45

69

E

65

101

e

06

06

^f

26

38

&

46

70

F

66

102

f

07

07

^g

27

39

47

71

G

67

103

g

08

08

^h

28

40

(

48

72

H

68

104

h

09

09

^i

29

41

)

49

73

I

69

105

i

0A

10

^j

2A

42

*

4A

74

J

6A

106

j

0B

11

^k

2B

43

+

4B

75

K

6B

107

k

0C

12

^l

2C

44

,

4C

76

L

6C

108

l

0D

13

^m

2D

45

-

4D

77

M

6D

109

m

0E

14

^n

2E

46

.

4E

78

N

6E

110

n

0F

15

^o

2F

47

/

4F

79

O

6F

111

o

10

16

^p

30

48

0

50

80

P

70

112

p

11

17

^q

31

49

1

51

81

Q

71

113

q

12

18

^r

32

50

2

52

82

R

72

114

r

13

19

^s

33

51

3

53

83

S

73

115

s

14

20

^t

34

52

4

54

84

T

74

116

t

15

21

^u

35

53

5

55

85

U

75

117

u

16

22

^v

36

54

6

56

86

V

76

118

v

17

23

^w

37

55

7

57

87

W

77

119

w

18

24

^x

38

56

8

58

88

X

78

120

x

19

25

^y

39

57

9

59

89

Y

79

121

y

1A

26

^z

3A

58

:

5A

90

Z

7A

122

z

1B

27

esc

3B

59

;

5B

91

[

7B

123

{

1C

28

 

3C

60

<

5C

92

\

7C

124

|

1D

29

 

3D

61

=

5D

93

]

7D

125

}

1E

30

 

3E

62

>

5E

94

^

7E

126

~

1F

31

 

3F

63

?

5F

95

_

7F

127

del

See Also

ASCII

ASCII Character Set

ascii() Function

EBCDIC

ebcdic() Function

iomap-file File

keyboards File