ASCII/ANSI files contain 7 or 8 bit characters respectively. Below is the ASCII chart for your reference. ASCII = American Standard Code for Information Interchange. Each character has a numeric equivalent, as shown in the table below:
Decimal |
Character |
000 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050 051 052 053 054 055 056 057 058 059 060 061 062 063 064 065 066 067 068 069 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 080 081 082 083 084 085 086 087 088 089 090 091 092 093 094 095 096 097 098 099 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 |
NUL (Null char.) SOH (Start of Header) STX (Start of Text) ETX (End of Text) EOT (End of Transmission) ENQ (Enquiry) ACK (Acknowledgment) BEL (Bell) BS (Backspace) HT (Horizontal Tab) LF (Line Feed) VT (Vertical Tab) FF (Form Feed) CR (Carriage Return) SO (Shift Out) SI (Shift In) DLE (Data Link Escape) DC1 (XON) (Device Control 1) DC2 (Device Control 2) DC3 (XOFF)(Device Control 3) DC4 (Device Control 4) NAK (Negative Acknowledgement) SYN (Synchronous Idle) ETB (End of Trans. Block) CAN (Cancel) EM (End of Medium) SUB (Substitute) ESC (Escape) FS (File Separator) GS (Group Separator) RS (Request to Send)(Record Separator) US (Unit Separator) SP (Space) ! (exclamation mark) " (double quote) # (number sign) $ (dollar sign) % (percent) & (ampersand) ' (single quote) ( (left/opening parenthesis) ) (right/closing parenthesis) * (asterisk) + (plus) , (comma) - (minus or dash) . (dot) / (forward slash) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : (colon) ; (semi-colon) < (less than) = (equal sign) > (greater than) ? (question mark) @ (AT symbol) A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ (left/opening bracket) \ (back slash) ] (right/closing bracket) ^ (caret/cirumflex) _ (underscore) ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z { (left/opening brace) | (vertical bar) } (right/closing brace) ~ (tilde) DEL (delete) |
Extended ASCII Characters
Decimal |
Character |
Decimal |
Character |
Decimal |
Character |
128 |
€ |
171 |
« |
214 |
Ö |
129 |
|
172 |
¬ |
215 |
× |
130 |
‚ |
173 |
|
216 |
Ø |
131 |
ƒ |
174 |
® |
217 |
Ù |
132 |
„ |
175 |
¯ |
218 |
Ú |
133 |
… |
176 |
° |
219 |
Û |
134 |
† |
177 |
± |
220 |
Ü |
135 |
‡ |
178 |
² |
221 |
Ý |
136 |
ˆ |
179 |
³ |
222 |
Þ |
137 |
‰ |
180 |
´ |
223 |
ß |
138 |
Š |
181 |
µ |
224 |
à |
139 |
‹ |
182 |
¶ |
225 |
á |
140 |
Œ |
183 |
· |
226 |
â |
141 |
|
184 |
¸ |
227 |
ã |
142 |
Ž |
185 |
¹ |
228 |
ä |
143 |
|
186 |
º |
229 |
å |
144 |
|
187 |
» |
230 |
æ |
145 |
' |
188 |
¼ |
231 |
ç |
146 |
' |
189 |
½ |
232 |
è |
147 |
" |
190 |
¾ |
233 |
é |
148 |
" |
191 |
¿ |
234 |
ê |
149 |
• |
192 |
À |
235 |
ë |
150 |
– |
193 |
Á |
236 |
ì |
151 |
— |
194 |
 |
237 |
í |
152 |
˜ |
195 |
à |
238 |
î |
153 |
™ |
196 |
Ä |
239 |
ï |
154 |
š |
197 |
Å |
240 |
ð |
155 |
› |
198 |
Æ |
241 |
ñ |
156 |
œ |
199 |
Ç |
242 |
ò |
157 |
|
200 |
È |
243 |
ó |
158 |
ž |
201 |
É |
244 |
ô |
159 |
Ÿ |
202 |
Ê |
245 |
õ |
160 |
|
203 |
Ë |
246 |
ö |
161 |
¡ |
204 |
Ì |
247 |
÷ |
162 |
¢ |
205 |
Í |
248 |
ø |
163 |
£ |
206 |
Î |
249 |
ù |
164 |
¤ |
207 |
Ï |
250 |
ú |
165 |
¥ |
208 |
Ð |
251 |
û |
166 |
¦ |
209 |
Ñ |
252 |
ü |
167 |
§ |
210 |
Ò |
253 |
ý |
168 |
¨ |
211 |
Ó |
254 |
þ |
169 |
© |
212 |
Ô |
255 |
ÿ |
170 |
ª |
213 |
Õ |
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