ASCII Chart

This character set is as specified in ANS standards, and is known as the ASCII character set. It has been extended to include Meta characters (characters with their top, or eighth, bit turned on).

decimal	octal	hex	graphic	name (meaning)
0.	000	00	^@	NUL (used for padding)
1.	001	01	^A	SOH (start of header)
2.	002	02	^B	STX (start of text)
3.	003	03	^C	ETX (end of text)
4.	004	04	^D	EOT (end of transmission)
5.	005	05	^E	ENQ (enquiry)
6.	006	06	^F	ACK (acknowledge)
7.	007	07	^G	BEL (bell or alarm)
8.	010	08	^H	BS (backspace)
9.	011	09	^I	HT, TAB (horizontal tab)
10.	012	0A	^J	LF (line feed)
11.	013	0B	^K	VT (vertical tab)
12.	014	0C	^L	FF (form feed, new page)
13.	015	0D	^M	CR (carriage return)
14.	016	0E	^N	SO (shift out)
15.	017	0F	^O	SI (shift in)

16.	020	10	^P	DLE (data link escape)
17.	021	11	^Q	DC1, XON (device control 1)
18.	022	12	^R	DC2 (device control 2)
19.	023	13	^S	DC3, XOFF (device control 3)
20.	024	14	^T	DC4 (device control 4)
21.	025	15	^U	NAK (negative acknowledge)
22.	026	16	^V	SYN (synchronous idle)
23.	027	17	^W	ETB (end transmission block)
24.	030	18	^X	CAN (cancel)
25.	031	19	^Y	EM (end of medium)
26.	032	1A	^Z	SUB (substitute)
27.	033	1B	^[	ESC (escape, alter mode, SEL)
28.	034	1C	^\	FS (file separator)
29.	035	1D	^]	GS (group separator)
30.	036	1E	^^	RS (record separator)
31.	037	1F	^_	US (unit separator)

32.	040	20		space or blank
33.	041	21	!	exclamation mark
34.	042	22	"	double quote
35.	043	23	#	number sign (hash mark)
36.	044	24	$	dollar sign
37.	045	25	%	percent sign
38.	046	26	&	ampersand sign
39.	047	27	'	single quote (apostrophe)
40.	050	28	(	left parenthesis
41.	051	29	)	right parenthesis
42.	052	2A	*	asterisk (star)
43.	053	2B	+	plus sign
44.	054	2C	,	comma
45.	055	2D	-	minus sign (dash)
46.	056	2E	.	period (decimal point, dot)
47.	057	2F	/	(right) slash

48.	060	30	0	numeral zero
49.	061	31	1	numeral one
50.	062	32	2	numeral two
51.	063	33	3	numeral three
52.	064	34	4	numeral four
53.	065	35	5	numeral five
54.	066	36	6	numeral six
55.	067	37	7	numeral seven
56.	070	38	8	numeral eight
57.	071	39	9	numeral nine
58.	072	3A	:	colon
59.	073	3B	;	semi-colon
60.	074	3C	<	less-than sign
61.	075	3D	=	equal sign
62.	076	3E	>	greater-than sign
63.	077	3F	?	question mark

64.	100	40	@	atsign
65.	101	41	A	upper-case letter ALPHA
66.	102	42	B	upper-case letter BRAVO
67.	103	43	C	upper-case letter CHARLIE
68.	104	44	D	upper-case letter DELTA
69.	105	45	E	upper-case letter ECHO
70.	106	46	F	upper-case letter FOXTROT
71.	107	47	G	upper-case letter GOLF
72.	110	48	H	upper-case letter HOTEL
73.	111	49	I	upper-case letter INDIA
74.	112	4A	J	upper-case letter JERICHO
75.	113	4B	K	upper-case letter KAPPA
76.	114	4C	L	upper-case letter LIMA
77.	115	4D	M	upper-case letter MIKE
78.	116	4E	N	upper-case letter NOVEMBER
79.	117	4F	O	upper-case letter OSCAR

80.	120	50	P	upper-case letter PAPPA
81.	121	51	Q	upper-case letter QUEBEC
82.	122	52	R	upper-case letter ROMEO
83.	123	53	S	upper-case letter SIERRA
84.	124	54	T	upper-case letter TANGO
85.	125	55	U	upper-case letter UNICORN
86.	126	56	V	upper-case letter VICTOR
87.	127	57	W	upper-case letter WHISKEY
88.	130	58	X	upper-case letter XRAY
89.	131	59	Y	upper-case letter YANKEE
90.	132	5A	Z	upper-case letter ZEBRA
91.	133	5B	[	left square bracket
92.	134	5C	\	left slash (backslash)
93.	135	5D	]	right square bracket
94.	136	5E	^	uparrow (caret)
95.	137	5F	_	underscore

96.	140	60	`	(single) back quote (grave accent)
97.	141	61	a	lower-case letter alpha
98.	142	62	b	lower-case letter bravo
99.	143	63	c	lower-case letter charlie
100.	144	64	d	lower-case letter delta
101.	145	65	e	lower-case letter echo
102.	146	66	f	lower-case letter foxtrot
103.	147	67	g	lower-case letter golf
104.	150	68	h	lower-case letter hotel
105.	151	69	i	lower-case letter india
106.	152	6A	j	lower-case letter jericho
107.	153	6B	k	lower-case letter kappa
108.	154	6C	l	lower-case letter lima
109.	155	6D	m	lower-case letter mike
110.	156	6E	n	lower-case letter november
111.	157	6F	o	lower-case letter oscar

112.	160	70	p	lower-case letter pappa
113.	161	71	q	lower-case letter quebec
114.	162	72	r	lower-case letter romeo
115.	163	73	s	lower-case letter sierra
116.	164	74	t	lower-case letter tango
117.	165	75	u	lower-case letter unicorn
118.	166	76	v	lower-case letter victor
119.	167	77	w	lower-case letter whiskey
120.	170	78	x	lower-case letter xray
121.	171	79	y	lower-case letter yankee
122.	172	7A	z	lower-case letter zebra
123.	173	7B	{	left curly brace
124.	174	7C	\|	vertical bar
125.	175	7D	}	right curly brace
126.	176	7E	~	tilde
127.	177	7F	^?	DEL (delete, rub out)

128.	200	80	~^@	Meta NUL (used for padding)
129.	201	81	~^A	Meta SOH (start of header)
130.	202	82	~^B	Meta STX (start of text)
131.	203	83	~^C	Meta ETX (end of text)
132.	204	84	~^D	Meta EOT (end of transmission)
133.	205	85	~^E	Meta ENQ (enquiry)
134.	206	86	~^F	Meta ACK (ackowledge)
135.	207	87	~^G	Meta BEL (bell or alarm)
136.	210	88	~^H	Meta BS (backspace)
137.	211	89	~^I	Meta HT, TAB (horizontal tab)
138.	212	8A	~^J	Meta LF (line feed)
139.	213	8B	~^K	Meta VT (vertical tab)
140.	214	8C	~^L	Meta FF (form feed, new page)
141.	215	8D	~^M	Meta CR (carriage return)
142.	216	8E	~^N	Meta SO (shift out)
143.	217	8F	~^O	Meta SI (shift in)

144.	220	90	~^P	Meta DLE (data link escape)
145.	221	91	~^Q	Meta DC1, XON (device control 1)
146.	222	92	~^R	Meta DC2 (device control 2)
147.	223	93	~^S	Meta DC3, XOFF (device control 3)
148.	224	94	~^T	Meta DC4 (device control 4)
149.	225	95	~^U	Meta NAK (negative acknowledge)
150.	226	96	~^V	Meta SYN (synchronous idle)
151.	227	97	~^W	Meta ETB (end transmission block)
152.	230	98	~^X	Meta CAN (cancel)
153.	231	99	~^Y	Meta EM (end of medium)
154.	232	9A	~^Z	Meta SUB (substitute)
155.	233	9B	~^[	Meta ESC (escape, alter mode, SEL)
156.	234	9C	~^\	Meta FS (file separator)
157.	235	9D	~^]	Meta GS (group separator)
158.	236	9E	~^^	Meta RS (record separator)
159.	237	9F	~^_	Meta US (unit separator)

160.	240	A0	~	Meta space
161.	241	A1	~!	Meta exclamation mark
162.	242	A2	~"	Meta double quote
163.	243	A3	~#	Meta number sign (hash mark)
164.	244	A4	~$	Meta dollar sign
165.	245	A5	~%	Meta percent sign
166.	246	A6	~&	Meta ampersand sign
167.	247	A7	~'	Meta single quote (apostrophe)
168.	250	A8	~(	Meta left parenthesis
169.	251	A9	~)	Meta right parenthesis
170.	252	AA	~*	Meta asterisk (star)
171.	253	AB	~+	Meta plus sign
172.	254	AC	~,	Meta comma
173.	255	AD	~-	Meta minus sign (dash)
174.	256	AE	~.	Meta period (decimal point, dot)
175.	257	AF	~/	Meta (right) slash

176.	260	B0	~0	Meta numeral zero
177.	261	B1	~1	Meta numeral one
178.	262	B2	~2	Meta numeral two
179.	263	B3	~3	Meta numeral three
180.	264	B4	~4	Meta numeral four
181.	265	B5	~5	Meta numeral five
182.	266	B6	~6	Meta numeral six
183.	267	B7	~7	Meta numeral seven
184.	270	B8	~8	Meta numeral eight
185.	271	B9	~9	Meta numeral nine
186.	272	BA	~:	Meta colon
187.	273	BB	~;	Meta semi-colon
188.	274	BC	~<	Meta less-than sign
189.	275	BD	~=	Meta equal sign
190.	276	BE	~>	Meta greater-than sign
191.	277	BF	~?	Meta question mark

192.	300	C0	~@	Meta atsign
193.	301	C1	~A	Meta upper-case letter ALPHA
194.	302	C2	~B	Meta upper-case letter BRAVO
195.	303	C3	~C	Meta upper-case letter CHARLIE
196.	304	C4	~D	Meta upper-case letter DELTA
197.	305	C5	~E	Meta upper-case letter ECHO
198.	306	C6	~F	Meta upper-case letter FOXTROT
199.	307	C7	~G	Meta upper-case letter GOLF
200.	310	C8	~H	Meta upper-case letter HOTEL
201.	311	C9	~I	Meta upper-case letter INDIA
202.	312	CA	~J	Meta upper-case letter JEHRICHO
203.	313	CB	~K	Meta upper-case letter KAPPA
204.	314	CC	~L	Meta upper-case letter LIMA
205.	315	CD	~M	Meta upper-case letter MIKE
206.	316	CE	~N	Meta upper-case letter NOVEMBER
207.	317	CF	~O	Meta upper-case letter OSCAR

208.	320	D0	~P	Meta upper-case letter PAPPA
209.	321	D1	~Q	Meta upper-case letter QUEBEC
210.	322	D2	~R	Meta upper-case letter ROMEO
211.	323	D3	~S	Meta upper-case letter SIERRA
212.	324	D4	~T	Meta upper-case letter TANGO
213.	325	D5	~U	Meta upper-case letter UNICORN
214.	326	D6	~V	Meta upper-case letter VICTOR
215.	327	D7	~W	Meta upper-case letter WHISKEY
216.	330	D8	~X	Meta upper-case letter XRAY
217.	331	D9	~Y	Meta upper-case letter YANKEE
218.	332	DA	~Z	Meta upper-case letter ZEBRA
219.	333	DB	~[	Meta left square bracket
220.	334	DC	~\	Meta left slash (backslash)
221.	335	DD	~]	Meta right square bracket
222.	336	DE	~^	Meta uparrow (caret)
223.	337	DF	~_	Meta underscore

224.	340	E0	~`	Meta (single) back quote (grave acent)
225.	341	E1	~a	Meta lower-case letter alpha
226.	342	E2	~b	Meta lower-case letter bravo
227.	343	E3	~c	Meta lower-case letter charlie
228.	344	E4	~d	Meta lower-case letter delta
229.	345	E5	~e	Meta lower-case letter echo
230.	346	E6	~f	Meta lower-case letter foxtrot
231.	347	E7	~g	Meta lower-case letter golf
232.	350	E8	~h	Meta lower-case letter hotel
233.	351	E9	~i	Meta lower-case letter india
234.	352	EA	~j	Meta lower-case letter jericho
235.	353	EB	~k	Meta lower-case letter kappa
236.	354	EC	~l	Meta lower-case letter lima
237.	355	ED	~m	Meta lower-case letter mike
238.	356	EE	~n	Meta lower-case letter november
239.	357	EF	~o	Meta lower-case letter oscar

240.	360	F0	~p	Meta lower-case letter pappa
241.	361	F1	~q	Meta lower-case letter quebec
242.	362	F2	~r	Meta lower-case letter romeo
243.	363	F3	~s	Meta lower-case letter sierra
244.	364	F4	~t	Meta lower-case letter tango
245.	365	F5	~u	Meta lower-case letter unicorn
246.	366	F6	~v	Meta lower-case letter victor
247.	367	F7	~w	Meta lower-case letter whiskey
248.	370	F8	~x	Meta lower-case letter xray
249.	371	F9	~y	Meta lower-case letter yankee
250.	372	FA	~z	Meta lower-case letter zebra
251.	373	FB	~{	Meta left curly brace
252.	374	FC	~\|	Meta vertical bar
253.	375	FD	~}	Meta right curly brace
254.	376	FE	~~	Meta tilde
255.	377	FF	~^?	Meta DEL (delete, rub out)

These forms can be used to prevent ambiguity:

decimal	octal	hex	graphic	name (meaning)
94.	136	5E	^	^=
126.	176	7E	~	^~
222.	336	DE	~^	~^=
254.	376	FE	~~	~^~

List of all 94 basic characters:

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