ASCII Table

ASCII stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. Computers can only understand numbers, so an ASCII code is the numerical representation of a character such as 'a' or '@' or an action of some sort. ASCII was developed a long time ago and now the non-printing characters are rarely used for their original purpose. Below is the ASCII character table and this includes descriptions of the first 256 characters.

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0'000$0000000000^@NUL------Null Prompt (End Of C String)
1'001$0100000001^ASOH1---Start Of Heading
2'002$0200000010^BSTX22Start Of Text
3'003$0300000011^CETX33End Of Text
4'004$0400000100^DEOT44End Of Transmission
5'005$0500000101^EENQ55Enquiry
6'006$0600000110^FACK66Acknowledge
7'007$0700000111^GBEL77Bell
8'010$0800001000^HBS8---Backspace
9'011$0900001001^IHT9---Horizontal Tab
10'012$0A00001010^JLF1010Line Feed
11'013$0B00001011^KVT1111Vertical Tab
12'014$0C00001100^LFF1212Form Feed
13'015$0D00001101^MCR13---Carriage Return
14'016$0E00001110^NSO14---Shift Out
15'017$0F00001111^OSI15---Shift In
16'020$1000010000^PDLE1616Data Link Escape
17'021$1100010001^QDC11717Device Control 1 (XON)
18'022$1200010010^RDC21818Device Control 2
19'023$1300010011^SDC31919Device Control 3 (XOFF)
20'024$1400010100^TDC42020Device Control 4
21'025$1500010101^UNAK21---No Acknowledge
22'026$1600010110^VSYN22---Synchronous Idle
23'027$1700010111^WETB2323End Transmission Blocks
24'030$1800011000^XCAN2424Cancel
25'031$1900011001^YEM2525End Of Medium
26'032$1A00011010^ZSUB2626Substitute (End Of Text File)
27'033$1B00011011^[ESC2727Escape
28'034$1C00011100^\FS2828File Separator
29'035$1D00011101^]GS29---Group Separator
30'036$1E00011110^^RS30---Record Separator
31'037$1F00011111^_US31---Unit Separator
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32'040$2000100000[Leer]
33'041$2100100001!
34'042$2200100010"
35'043$2300100011#
36'044$2400100100$
37'045$2500100101%
38'046$2600100110&
39'047$2700100111'
40'050$2800101000(
41'051$2900101001)
42'052$2A00101010*
43'053$2B00101011+
44'054$2C00101100,
45'055$2D00101101-
46'056$2E00101110.
47'057$2F00101111/
48'060$30001100000
49'061$31001100011
50'062$32001100102
51'063$33001100113
52'064$34001101004
53'065$35001101015
54'066$36001101106
55'067$37001101117
56'070$38001110008
57'071$39001110019
58'072$3A00111010:
59'073$3B00111011;
60'074$3C00111100<
61'075$3D00111101=
62'076$3E00111110>
63'077$3F00111111?
64'100$4001000000@
65'101$4101000001A
66'102$4201000010B
67'103$4301000011C
68'104$4401000100D
69'105$4501000101E
70'106$4601000110F
71'107$4701000111G
72'110$4801001000H
73'111$4901001001I
74'112$4A01001010J
75'113$4B01001011K
76'114$4C01001100L
77'115$4D01001101M
78'116$4E01001110N
79'117$4F01001111O
80'120$5001010000P
81'121$5101010001Q
82'122$5201010010R
83'123$5301010011S
84'124$5401010100T
85'125$5501010101U
86'126$5601010110V
87'127$5701010111W
88'130$5801011000X
89'131$5901011001Y
90'132$5A01011010Z
91'133$5B01011011[
92'134$5C01011100\
93'135$5D01011101]
94'136$5E01011110^
95'137$5F01011111_
96'140$6001100000`
97'141$6101100001a
98'142$6201100010b
99'143$6301100011c
100'144$6401100100d
101'145$6501100101e
102'146$6601100110f
103'147$6701100111g
104'150$6801101000h
105'151$6901101001i
106'152$6A01101010j
107'153$6B01101011k
108'154$6C01101100l
109'155$6D01101101m
110'156$6E01101110n
111'157$6F01101111o
112'160$7001110000p
113'161$7101110001q
114'162$7201110010r
115'163$7301110011s
116'164$7401110100t
117'165$7501110101u
118'166$7601110110v
119'167$7701110111w
120'170$7801111000x
121'171$7901111001y
122'172$7A01111010z
123'173$7B01111011{
124'174$7C01111100|
125'175$7D01111101}
126'176$7E01111110~
127'177$7F01111111
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128'200$8010000000Ç---Ä
129'201$8110000001ü---Å
130'202$8210000010é---Ç
131'203$8310000011â---É
132'204$8410000100ä---Ñ
133'205$8510000101à---Ö
134'206$8610000110å---Ü
135'207$8710000111ç---á
136'210$8810001000ê---à
137'211$8910001001ë---â
138'212$8A10001010è---ä
139'213$8B10001011ï---ã
140'214$8C10001100î---å
141'215$8D10001101ì---ç
142'216$8E10001110Ä---é
143'217$8F10001111Å---è
144'220$9010010000É---ê
145'221$9110010001æ145ë
146'222$9210010010Æ146í
147'223$9310010011ô---ì
148'224$9410010100ö---î
149'225$9510010101ò---ï
150'226$9610010110û---ñ
151'227$9710010111ù---ó
152'230$9810011000ÿ---ò
153'231$9910011001Ö---ô
154'232$9A10011010Ü---ö
155'233$9B10011011¢---õ
156'234$9C10011100£---ú
157'235$9D10011101¥---ù
158'236$9E10011110158---û
159'237$9F10011111159---ü
160'240$A010100000á[Leer]160
161'241$A110100001í¡°
162'242$A210100010ó¢¢
163'243$A310100011ú££
164'244$A410100100ñ¤§
165'245$A510100101Ñ¥165
166'246$A610100110ª¦
167'247$A710100111º§ß
168'250$A810101000¿¨®
169'251$A910101001169©©
170'252$AA10101010»170
171'253$AB10101011½«´
172'254$AC10101100¼¬¨
173'255$AD10101101¡­173
174'256$AE10101110«®Æ
175'257$AF10101111»¯Ø
176'260$B010110000176°176
177'261$B110110001177±±
178'262$B210110010178²178
179'263$B310110011179³179
180'264$B410110100180´¥
181'265$B510110101181µµ
182'266$B610110110182182
183'267$B710110111183·183
184'270$B810111000184¸184
185'271$B910111001185¹185
186'272$BA10111010186º186
187'273$BB10111011187Ȼ
188'274$BC10111100188¼º
189'275$BD10111101189½189
190'276$BE10111110190¾æ
191'277$BF10111111191¿ø
192'300$C011000000192À¿
193'301$C111000001193Á¡
194'302$C211000010194¬
195'303$C311000011195Ã195
196'304$C411000100196Ä196
197'305$C511000101197Å197
198'306$C611000110198Æ198
199'307$C711000111199Ç«
200'310$C811001000200È»
201'311$C911001001201É201
202'312$CA11001010202Ê[Leer]
203'313$CB11001011203ËÀ
204'314$CC11001100204ÌÃ
205'315$CD11001101205ÍÕ
206'316$CE11001110206Î206
207'317$CF11001111207Ï207
208'320$D011010000208Ð208
209'321$D111010001209Ñ209
210'322$D211010010210Ò210
211'323$D311010011211Ó211
212'324$D411010100212Ô212
213'325$D511010101213Õ213
214'326$D611010110214Ö÷
215'327$D711010111215×215
216'330$D811011000216Øÿ
217'331$D911011001217Ù217
218'332$DA11011010218Ú/
219'333$DB11011011219Û
220'334$DC11011100220Ü<
221'335$DD11011101221Ý>
222'336$DE11011110222Þ222
223'337$DF11011111223ß223
224'340$E011100000224à224
225'341$E111100001225á·
226'342$E211100010226â226
227'343$E311100011227ã227
228'344$E411100100228ä228
229'345$E511100101229åÂ
230'346$E611100110230æÊ
231'347$E711100111231çÁ
232'350$E811101000232èË
233'351$E911101001233éÈ
234'352$EA11101010234êÍ
235'353$EB11101011235ëÎ
236'354$EC11101100236ìÏ
237'355$ED11101101237íÌ
238'356$EE11101110238îÓ
239'357$EF11101111239ïÔ
240'360$F011110000240ð240
241'361$F111110001±ñÒ
242'362$F211110010242òÚ
243'363$F311110011243óÛ
244'364$F411110100244ôÙ
245'365$F511110101245õ245
246'366$F611110110÷ö246
247'367$F711110111247÷247
248'370$F811111000°ø¯
249'371$F911111001·ù249
250'372$FA11111010250ú250
251'373$FB11111011251û251
252'374$FC11111100252ü252
253'375$FD11111101²ý253
254'376$FE11111110254þ¸
255'377$FF11111111---ÿ255