ASCII
Contributors:
Shawn Hymel
ASCII Table
To identify a character's ASCII value, it is common to look it up on an ASCII table. The ASCII table pairs each character to its assigned value between 0 and 127.
Control Characters
Control characters make up the first 32 characters of the ASCII table. These characters are not intended to be printed, instead they are used to send command instructions to another device, such as a printer. Note that we have included the octal representation of the ASCII characters in the off chance that you might be working with a particularly old system (such as the 12-bit PDP-8).
Dec | Bin | Oct | Hex | Char | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 0000 0000 | 000 | 00 | NUL | null |
1 | 0000 0001 | 001 | 01 | SOH | start of heading |
2 | 0000 0010 | 002 | 02 | STX | start of text |
3 | 0000 0011 | 003 | 03 | ETX | end of text |
4 | 0000 0100 | 004 | 04 | EOT | end of transmission |
5 | 0000 0101 | 005 | 05 | ENQ | enquiry |
6 | 0000 0110 | 006 | 06 | ACK | acknowledge |
7 | 0000 0111 | 007 | 07 | BEL | bell |
8 | 0000 1000 | 010 | 08 | BS | backspace |
9 | 0000 1001 | 011 | 09 | TAB | horizontal tab |
10 | 0000 1010 | 012 | 0A | LF | line feed, new line |
11 | 0000 1011 | 013 | 0B | VT | vertical tab |
12 | 0000 1100 | 014 | 0C | FF | form feed, new page |
13 | 0000 1101 | 015 | 0D | CR | carriage return |
14 | 0000 1110 | 016 | 0E | SO | shift out |
15 | 0000 1111 | 017 | 0F | SI | shift in |
16 | 0001 0000 | 020 | 10 | DLE | data link escape |
17 | 0001 0001 | 021 | 11 | DC1 | device control 1 |
18 | 0001 0010 | 022 | 12 | DC2 | device control 2 |
19 | 0001 0011 | 023 | 13 | DC3 | device control 3 |
20 | 0001 0100 | 024 | 14 | DC4 | device control 4 |
21 | 0001 0101 | 025 | 15 | NAK | negative acknowledge |
22 | 0001 0110 | 026 | 16 | SYN | synchronous idle |
23 | 0001 0111 | 027 | 17 | ETB | end of transmission block |
24 | 0001 1000 | 030 | 18 | CAN | cancel |
25 | 0001 1001 | 031 | 19 | EM | end of medium |
26 | 0001 1010 | 032 | 1A | SUB | substitute |
27 | 0001 1011 | 033 | 1B | ESC | escape |
28 | 0001 1100 | 034 | 1C | FS | file separator |
29 | 0001 1101 | 035 | 1D | GS | group separator |
30 | 0001 1110 | 036 | 1E | RS | record separator |
31 | 0001 1111 | 037 | 1F | US | unit separator |
127 | 0111 1111 | 177 | 7F | DEL | delete |
Printable Characters
There are 95 printable characters in the ASCII encoding scheme. Note that the "space" character denotes a printable space (" ").
Dec | Bin | Oct | Hex | Char |
---|---|---|---|---|
32 | 0010 0000 | 040 | 20 | space |
33 | 0010 0001 | 041 | 21 | ! |
34 | 0010 0010 | 042 | 22 | " |
35 | 0010 0011 | 043 | 23 | # |
36 | 0010 0100 | 044 | 24 | $ |
37 | 0010 0101 | 045 | 25 | % |
38 | 0010 0110 | 046 | 26 | & |
39 | 0010 0111 | 047 | 27 | ' |
40 | 0010 1000 | 050 | 28 | ( |
41 | 0010 1001 | 051 | 29 | ) |
42 | 0010 1010 | 052 | 2A | * |
43 | 0010 1011 | 053 | 2B | + |
44 | 0010 1100 | 054 | 2C | , |
45 | 0010 1101 | 055 | 2D | - |
46 | 0010 1110 | 056 | 2E | . |
47 | 0010 1111 | 057 | 2F | / |
48 | 0011 0000 | 060 | 30 | 0 |
49 | 0011 0001 | 061 | 31 | 1 |
50 | 0011 0010 | 062 | 32 | 2 |
51 | 0011 0011 | 063 | 33 | 3 |
52 | 0011 0100 | 064 | 34 | 4 |
53 | 0011 0101 | 065 | 35 | 5 |
54 | 0011 0110 | 066 | 36 | 6 |
55 | 0011 0111 | 067 | 37 | 7 |
56 | 0011 1000 | 070 | 38 | 8 |
57 | 0011 1001 | 071 | 39 | 9 |
58 | 0011 1010 | 072 | 3A | : |
59 | 0011 1011 | 073 | 3B | ; |
60 | 0011 1100 | 074 | 3C | < |
61 | 0011 1101 | 075 | 3D | = |
62 | 0011 1110 | 076 | 3E | > |
63 | 0011 1111 | 077 | 3F | ? |
Dec | Bin | Oct | Hex | Char |
---|---|---|---|---|
64 | 0100 0000 | 100 | 40 | @ |
65 | 0100 0001 | 101 | 41 | A |
66 | 0100 0010 | 102 | 42 | B |
67 | 0100 0011 | 103 | 43 | C |
68 | 0100 0100 | 104 | 44 | D |
69 | 0100 0101 | 105 | 45 | E |
70 | 0100 0110 | 106 | 46 | F |
71 | 0100 0111 | 107 | 47 | G |
72 | 0100 1000 | 110 | 48 | H |
73 | 0100 1001 | 111 | 49 | I |
74 | 0100 1010 | 112 | 4A | J |
75 | 0100 1011 | 113 | 4B | K |
76 | 0100 1100 | 114 | 4C | L |
77 | 0100 1101 | 115 | 4D | M |
78 | 0100 1110 | 116 | 4E | N |
79 | 0100 1111 | 117 | 4F | O |
80 | 0101 0000 | 120 | 50 | P |
81 | 0101 0001 | 121 | 51 | Q |
82 | 0101 0010 | 122 | 52 | R |
83 | 0101 0011 | 123 | 53 | S |
84 | 0101 0100 | 124 | 54 | T |
85 | 0101 0101 | 125 | 55 | U |
86 | 0101 0110 | 126 | 56 | V |
87 | 0101 0111 | 127 | 57 | W |
88 | 0101 1000 | 130 | 58 | X |
89 | 0101 1001 | 131 | 59 | Y |
90 | 0101 1010 | 132 | 5A | Z |
91 | 0101 1011 | 133 | 5B | [ |
92 | 0101 1100 | 134 | 5C | \ |
93 | 0101 1101 | 135 | 5D | ] |
94 | 0101 1110 | 136 | 5E | ^ |
95 | 0101 1111 | 137 | 5F | _ |
Dec | Bin | Oct | Hex | Char |
---|---|---|---|---|
96 | 0110 0000 | 140 | 60 | ` |
97 | 0110 0001 | 141 | 61 | a |
98 | 0110 0010 | 142 | 62 | b |
99 | 0110 0011 | 143 | 63 | c |
100 | 0110 0100 | 144 | 64 | d |
101 | 0110 0101 | 145 | 65 | e |
102 | 0110 0110 | 146 | 66 | f |
103 | 0110 0111 | 147 | 67 | g |
104 | 0110 1000 | 150 | 68 | h |
105 | 0110 1001 | 151 | 69 | i |
106 | 0110 1010 | 152 | 6A | j |
107 | 0110 1011 | 153 | 6B | k |
108 | 0110 1100 | 154 | 6C | l |
109 | 0110 1101 | 155 | 6D | m |
110 | 0110 1110 | 156 | 6E | n |
111 | 0110 1111 | 157 | 6F | o |
112 | 0111 0000 | 160 | 70 | p |
113 | 0111 0001 | 161 | 71 | q |
114 | 0111 0010 | 162 | 72 | r |
115 | 0111 0011 | 163 | 73 | s |
116 | 0111 0100 | 164 | 74 | t |
117 | 0111 0101 | 165 | 75 | u |
118 | 0111 0110 | 166 | 76 | v |
119 | 0111 0111 | 167 | 77 | w |
120 | 0111 1000 | 170 | 78 | x |
121 | 0111 1001 | 171 | 79 | y |
122 | 0111 1010 | 172 | 7A | z |
123 | 0111 1011 | 173 | 7B | { |
124 | 0111 1100 | 174 | 7C | | |
125 | 0111 1101 | 175 | 7D | } |
126 | 0111 1110 | 176 | 7E | ~ |