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.
| Dez | Oct | Hex | Bin | Ctrl | Cmd | DOS | Mac | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | '000 | $00 | 00000000 | ^@ | NUL | --- | --- | Null Prompt (End Of C String) |
| 1 | '001 | $01 | 00000001 | ^A | SOH | --- | Start Of Heading | |
| 2 | '002 | $02 | 00000010 | ^B | STX | Start Of Text | ||
| 3 | '003 | $03 | 00000011 | ^C | ETX | End Of Text | ||
| 4 | '004 | $04 | 00000100 | ^D | EOT | End Of Transmission | ||
| 5 | '005 | $05 | 00000101 | ^E | ENQ | Enquiry | ||
| 6 | '006 | $06 | 00000110 | ^F | ACK | Acknowledge | ||
| 7 | '007 | $07 | 00000111 | ^G | BEL | Bell | ||
| 8 | '010 | $08 | 00001000 | ^H | BS | --- | Backspace | |
| 9 | '011 | $09 | 00001001 | ^I | HT | --- | Horizontal Tab | |
| 10 | '012 | $0A | 00001010 | ^J | LF | Line Feed | ||
| 11 | '013 | $0B | 00001011 | ^K | VT | Vertical Tab | ||
| 12 | '014 | $0C | 00001100 | ^L | FF | Form Feed | ||
| 13 | '015 | $0D | 00001101 | ^M | CR | --- | Carriage Return | |
| 14 | '016 | $0E | 00001110 | ^N | SO | --- | Shift Out | |
| 15 | '017 | $0F | 00001111 | ^O | SI | --- | Shift In | |
| 16 | '020 | $10 | 00010000 | ^P | DLE | Data Link Escape | ||
| 17 | '021 | $11 | 00010001 | ^Q | DC1 | Device Control 1 (XON) | ||
| 18 | '022 | $12 | 00010010 | ^R | DC2 | Device Control 2 | ||
| 19 | '023 | $13 | 00010011 | ^S | DC3 | Device Control 3 (XOFF) | ||
| 20 | '024 | $14 | 00010100 | ^T | DC4 | Device Control 4 | ||
| 21 | '025 | $15 | 00010101 | ^U | NAK | --- | No Acknowledge | |
| 22 | '026 | $16 | 00010110 | ^V | SYN | --- | Synchronous Idle | |
| 23 | '027 | $17 | 00010111 | ^W | ETB | End Transmission Blocks | ||
| 24 | '030 | $18 | 00011000 | ^X | CAN | Cancel | ||
| 25 | '031 | $19 | 00011001 | ^Y | EM | End Of Medium | ||
| 26 | '032 | $1A | 00011010 | ^Z | SUB | Substitute (End Of Text File) | ||
| 27 | '033 | $1B | 00011011 | ^[ | ESC | Escape | ||
| 28 | '034 | $1C | 00011100 | ^\ | FS | File Separator | ||
| 29 | '035 | $1D | 00011101 | ^] | GS | --- | Group Separator | |
| 30 | '036 | $1E | 00011110 | ^^ | RS | --- | Record Separator | |
| 31 | '037 | $1F | 00011111 | ^_ | US | --- | Unit Separator |
| Dez | Oct | Hex | Bin | DOS/Win/Mac |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | '040 | $20 | 00100000 | [Leer] |
| 33 | '041 | $21 | 00100001 | ! |
| 34 | '042 | $22 | 00100010 | " |
| 35 | '043 | $23 | 00100011 | # |
| 36 | '044 | $24 | 00100100 | $ |
| 37 | '045 | $25 | 00100101 | % |
| 38 | '046 | $26 | 00100110 | & |
| 39 | '047 | $27 | 00100111 | ' |
| 40 | '050 | $28 | 00101000 | ( |
| 41 | '051 | $29 | 00101001 | ) |
| 42 | '052 | $2A | 00101010 | * |
| 43 | '053 | $2B | 00101011 | + |
| 44 | '054 | $2C | 00101100 | , |
| 45 | '055 | $2D | 00101101 | - |
| 46 | '056 | $2E | 00101110 | . |
| 47 | '057 | $2F | 00101111 | / |
| 48 | '060 | $30 | 00110000 | 0 |
| 49 | '061 | $31 | 00110001 | 1 |
| 50 | '062 | $32 | 00110010 | 2 |
| 51 | '063 | $33 | 00110011 | 3 |
| 52 | '064 | $34 | 00110100 | 4 |
| 53 | '065 | $35 | 00110101 | 5 |
| 54 | '066 | $36 | 00110110 | 6 |
| 55 | '067 | $37 | 00110111 | 7 |
| 56 | '070 | $38 | 00111000 | 8 |
| 57 | '071 | $39 | 00111001 | 9 |
| 58 | '072 | $3A | 00111010 | : |
| 59 | '073 | $3B | 00111011 | ; |
| 60 | '074 | $3C | 00111100 | < |
| 61 | '075 | $3D | 00111101 | = |
| 62 | '076 | $3E | 00111110 | > |
| 63 | '077 | $3F | 00111111 | ? |
| 64 | '100 | $40 | 01000000 | @ |
| 65 | '101 | $41 | 01000001 | A |
| 66 | '102 | $42 | 01000010 | B |
| 67 | '103 | $43 | 01000011 | C |
| 68 | '104 | $44 | 01000100 | D |
| 69 | '105 | $45 | 01000101 | E |
| 70 | '106 | $46 | 01000110 | F |
| 71 | '107 | $47 | 01000111 | G |
| 72 | '110 | $48 | 01001000 | H |
| 73 | '111 | $49 | 01001001 | I |
| 74 | '112 | $4A | 01001010 | J |
| 75 | '113 | $4B | 01001011 | K |
| 76 | '114 | $4C | 01001100 | L |
| 77 | '115 | $4D | 01001101 | M |
| 78 | '116 | $4E | 01001110 | N |
| 79 | '117 | $4F | 01001111 | O |
| 80 | '120 | $50 | 01010000 | P |
| 81 | '121 | $51 | 01010001 | Q |
| 82 | '122 | $52 | 01010010 | R |
| 83 | '123 | $53 | 01010011 | S |
| 84 | '124 | $54 | 01010100 | T |
| 85 | '125 | $55 | 01010101 | U |
| 86 | '126 | $56 | 01010110 | V |
| 87 | '127 | $57 | 01010111 | W |
| 88 | '130 | $58 | 01011000 | X |
| 89 | '131 | $59 | 01011001 | Y |
| 90 | '132 | $5A | 01011010 | Z |
| 91 | '133 | $5B | 01011011 | [ |
| 92 | '134 | $5C | 01011100 | \ |
| 93 | '135 | $5D | 01011101 | ] |
| 94 | '136 | $5E | 01011110 | ^ |
| 95 | '137 | $5F | 01011111 | _ |
| 96 | '140 | $60 | 01100000 | ` |
| 97 | '141 | $61 | 01100001 | a |
| 98 | '142 | $62 | 01100010 | b |
| 99 | '143 | $63 | 01100011 | c |
| 100 | '144 | $64 | 01100100 | d |
| 101 | '145 | $65 | 01100101 | e |
| 102 | '146 | $66 | 01100110 | f |
| 103 | '147 | $67 | 01100111 | g |
| 104 | '150 | $68 | 01101000 | h |
| 105 | '151 | $69 | 01101001 | i |
| 106 | '152 | $6A | 01101010 | j |
| 107 | '153 | $6B | 01101011 | k |
| 108 | '154 | $6C | 01101100 | l |
| 109 | '155 | $6D | 01101101 | m |
| 110 | '156 | $6E | 01101110 | n |
| 111 | '157 | $6F | 01101111 | o |
| 112 | '160 | $70 | 01110000 | p |
| 113 | '161 | $71 | 01110001 | q |
| 114 | '162 | $72 | 01110010 | r |
| 115 | '163 | $73 | 01110011 | s |
| 116 | '164 | $74 | 01110100 | t |
| 117 | '165 | $75 | 01110101 | u |
| 118 | '166 | $76 | 01110110 | v |
| 119 | '167 | $77 | 01110111 | w |
| 120 | '170 | $78 | 01111000 | x |
| 121 | '171 | $79 | 01111001 | y |
| 122 | '172 | $7A | 01111010 | z |
| 123 | '173 | $7B | 01111011 | { |
| 124 | '174 | $7C | 01111100 | | |
| 125 | '175 | $7D | 01111101 | } |
| 126 | '176 | $7E | 01111110 | ~ |
| 127 | '177 | $7F | 01111111 |
| Dez | Oct | Hex | Bin | DOS | Win | Mac |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 128 | '200 | $80 | 10000000 | Ç | --- | Ä |
| 129 | '201 | $81 | 10000001 | ü | --- | Å |
| 130 | '202 | $82 | 10000010 | é | --- | Ç |
| 131 | '203 | $83 | 10000011 | â | --- | É |
| 132 | '204 | $84 | 10000100 | ä | --- | Ñ |
| 133 | '205 | $85 | 10000101 | à | --- | Ö |
| 134 | '206 | $86 | 10000110 | å | --- | Ü |
| 135 | '207 | $87 | 10000111 | ç | --- | á |
| 136 | '210 | $88 | 10001000 | ê | --- | à |
| 137 | '211 | $89 | 10001001 | ë | --- | â |
| 138 | '212 | $8A | 10001010 | è | --- | ä |
| 139 | '213 | $8B | 10001011 | ï | --- | ã |
| 140 | '214 | $8C | 10001100 | î | --- | å |
| 141 | '215 | $8D | 10001101 | ì | --- | ç |
| 142 | '216 | $8E | 10001110 | Ä | --- | é |
| 143 | '217 | $8F | 10001111 | Å | --- | è |
| 144 | '220 | $90 | 10010000 | É | --- | ê |
| 145 | '221 | $91 | 10010001 | æ | ë | |
| 146 | '222 | $92 | 10010010 | Æ | í | |
| 147 | '223 | $93 | 10010011 | ô | --- | ì |
| 148 | '224 | $94 | 10010100 | ö | --- | î |
| 149 | '225 | $95 | 10010101 | ò | --- | ï |
| 150 | '226 | $96 | 10010110 | û | --- | ñ |
| 151 | '227 | $97 | 10010111 | ù | --- | ó |
| 152 | '230 | $98 | 10011000 | ÿ | --- | ò |
| 153 | '231 | $99 | 10011001 | Ö | --- | ô |
| 154 | '232 | $9A | 10011010 | Ü | --- | ö |
| 155 | '233 | $9B | 10011011 | ¢ | --- | õ |
| 156 | '234 | $9C | 10011100 | £ | --- | ú |
| 157 | '235 | $9D | 10011101 | ¥ | --- | ù |
| 158 | '236 | $9E | 10011110 | --- | û | |
| 159 | '237 | $9F | 10011111 | --- | ü | |
| 160 | '240 | $A0 | 10100000 | á | [Leer] | |
| 161 | '241 | $A1 | 10100001 | í | ¡ | ° |
| 162 | '242 | $A2 | 10100010 | ó | ¢ | ¢ |
| 163 | '243 | $A3 | 10100011 | ú | £ | £ |
| 164 | '244 | $A4 | 10100100 | ñ | ¤ | § |
| 165 | '245 | $A5 | 10100101 | Ñ | ¥ | |
| 166 | '246 | $A6 | 10100110 | ª | ¦ | ¶ |
| 167 | '247 | $A7 | 10100111 | º | § | ß |
| 168 | '250 | $A8 | 10101000 | ¿ | ¨ | ® |
| 169 | '251 | $A9 | 10101001 | © | © | |
| 170 | '252 | $AA | 10101010 | ¬ | ª | |
| 171 | '253 | $AB | 10101011 | ½ | « | ´ |
| 172 | '254 | $AC | 10101100 | ¼ | ¬ | ¨ |
| 173 | '255 | $AD | 10101101 | ¡ | | |
| 174 | '256 | $AE | 10101110 | « | ® | Æ |
| 175 | '257 | $AF | 10101111 | » | ¯ | Ø |
| 176 | '260 | $B0 | 10110000 | ° | ||
| 177 | '261 | $B1 | 10110001 | ± | ± | |
| 178 | '262 | $B2 | 10110010 | ² | ||
| 179 | '263 | $B3 | 10110011 | ³ | ||
| 180 | '264 | $B4 | 10110100 | ´ | ¥ | |
| 181 | '265 | $B5 | 10110101 | µ | µ | |
| 182 | '266 | $B6 | 10110110 | ¶ | ||
| 183 | '267 | $B7 | 10110111 | · | ||
| 184 | '270 | $B8 | 10111000 | ¸ | ||
| 185 | '271 | $B9 | 10111001 | ¹ | ||
| 186 | '272 | $BA | 10111010 | º | ||
| 187 | '273 | $BB | 10111011 | » | ª | |
| 188 | '274 | $BC | 10111100 | ¼ | º | |
| 189 | '275 | $BD | 10111101 | ½ | ||
| 190 | '276 | $BE | 10111110 | ¾ | æ | |
| 191 | '277 | $BF | 10111111 | ¿ | ø | |
| 192 | '300 | $C0 | 11000000 | À | ¿ | |
| 193 | '301 | $C1 | 11000001 | Á | ¡ | |
| 194 | '302 | $C2 | 11000010 | Â | ¬ | |
| 195 | '303 | $C3 | 11000011 | Ã | ||
| 196 | '304 | $C4 | 11000100 | Ä | ||
| 197 | '305 | $C5 | 11000101 | Å | ||
| 198 | '306 | $C6 | 11000110 | Æ | ||
| 199 | '307 | $C7 | 11000111 | Ç | « | |
| 200 | '310 | $C8 | 11001000 | È | » | |
| 201 | '311 | $C9 | 11001001 | É | ||
| 202 | '312 | $CA | 11001010 | Ê | [Leer] | |
| 203 | '313 | $CB | 11001011 | Ë | À | |
| 204 | '314 | $CC | 11001100 | Ì | Ã | |
| 205 | '315 | $CD | 11001101 | Í | Õ | |
| 206 | '316 | $CE | 11001110 | Î | ||
| 207 | '317 | $CF | 11001111 | Ï | ||
| 208 | '320 | $D0 | 11010000 | Ð | ||
| 209 | '321 | $D1 | 11010001 | Ñ | ||
| 210 | '322 | $D2 | 11010010 | Ò | ||
| 211 | '323 | $D3 | 11010011 | Ó | ||
| 212 | '324 | $D4 | 11010100 | Ô | ||
| 213 | '325 | $D5 | 11010101 | Õ | ||
| 214 | '326 | $D6 | 11010110 | Ö | ÷ | |
| 215 | '327 | $D7 | 11010111 | × | ||
| 216 | '330 | $D8 | 11011000 | Ø | ÿ | |
| 217 | '331 | $D9 | 11011001 | Ù | ||
| 218 | '332 | $DA | 11011010 | Ú | / | |
| 219 | '333 | $DB | 11011011 | Û | € | |
| 220 | '334 | $DC | 11011100 | Ü | < | |
| 221 | '335 | $DD | 11011101 | Ý | > | |
| 222 | '336 | $DE | 11011110 | Þ | ||
| 223 | '337 | $DF | 11011111 | ß | ||
| 224 | '340 | $E0 | 11100000 | à | ||
| 225 | '341 | $E1 | 11100001 | á | · | |
| 226 | '342 | $E2 | 11100010 | â | ||
| 227 | '343 | $E3 | 11100011 | ã | ||
| 228 | '344 | $E4 | 11100100 | ä | ||
| 229 | '345 | $E5 | 11100101 | å | Â | |
| 230 | '346 | $E6 | 11100110 | æ | Ê | |
| 231 | '347 | $E7 | 11100111 | ç | Á | |
| 232 | '350 | $E8 | 11101000 | è | Ë | |
| 233 | '351 | $E9 | 11101001 | é | È | |
| 234 | '352 | $EA | 11101010 | ê | Í | |
| 235 | '353 | $EB | 11101011 | ë | Î | |
| 236 | '354 | $EC | 11101100 | ì | Ï | |
| 237 | '355 | $ED | 11101101 | í | Ì | |
| 238 | '356 | $EE | 11101110 | î | Ó | |
| 239 | '357 | $EF | 11101111 | ï | Ô | |
| 240 | '360 | $F0 | 11110000 | ð | ||
| 241 | '361 | $F1 | 11110001 | ± | ñ | Ò |
| 242 | '362 | $F2 | 11110010 | ò | Ú | |
| 243 | '363 | $F3 | 11110011 | ó | Û | |
| 244 | '364 | $F4 | 11110100 | ô | Ù | |
| 245 | '365 | $F5 | 11110101 | õ | ||
| 246 | '366 | $F6 | 11110110 | ÷ | ö | |
| 247 | '367 | $F7 | 11110111 | ÷ | ||
| 248 | '370 | $F8 | 11111000 | ° | ø | ¯ |
| 249 | '371 | $F9 | 11111001 | · | ù | |
| 250 | '372 | $FA | 11111010 | ú | ||
| 251 | '373 | $FB | 11111011 | û | ||
| 252 | '374 | $FC | 11111100 | ü | ||
| 253 | '375 | $FD | 11111101 | ² | ý | |
| 254 | '376 | $FE | 11111110 | þ | ¸ | |
| 255 | '377 | $FF | 11111111 | --- | ÿ |