ASCII stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. It's a 7-bit character code where every single bit represents a unique character. On this webpage you will find 8 bits, 256 characters, according to ISO 8859-1 and Microsoft® Windows Latin-1 increased characters, which is available in certain programs such as Microsoft Word.
The first 32 characters in the ASCII-table are unprintable control codes and are used to control peripherals such as printers.
DEC | OCT | HEX | ALT | Symbol | HTML Number | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 000 | 00 | Alt 0 | NUL | � | Null char |
1 | 001 | 01 | Alt 1 | SOH |  | Start of Heading |
2 | 002 | 02 | Alt 2 | STX |  | Start of Text |
3 | 003 | 03 | Alt 3 | ETX |  | End of Text |
4 | 004 | 04 | Alt 4 | EOT |  | End of Transmission |
5 | 005 | 05 | Alt 5 | ENQ |  | Enquiry |
6 | 006 | 06 | Alt 6 | ACK |  | Acknowledgment |
7 | 007 | 07 | Alt 7 | BEL |  | Bell |
8 | 010 | 08 | Alt 8 | BS |  | Back Space |
9 | 011 | 09 | Alt 9 | HT | 	 | Horizontal Tab |
10 | 012 | 0A | Alt 10 | LF | 
 | Line Feed |
11 | 013 | 0B | Alt 11 | VT |  | Vertical Tab |
12 | 014 | 0C | Alt 12 | FF |  | Form Feed |
13 | 015 | 0D | Alt 13 | CR | 
 | Carriage Return |
14 | 016 | 0E | Alt 14 | SO |  | Shift Out / X-On |
15 | 017 | 0F | Alt 15 | SI |  | Shift In / X-Off |
16 | 020 | 10 | Alt 16 | DLE |  | Data Line Escape |
17 | 021 | 11 | Alt 17 | DC1 |  | Device Control 1 (oft. XON) |
18 | 022 | 12 | Alt 18 | DC2 |  | Device Control 2 |
19 | 023 | 13 | Alt 19 | DC3 |  | Device Control 3 (oft. XOFF) |
20 | 024 | 14 | Alt 20 | DC4 |  | Device Control 4 |
21 | 025 | 15 | Alt 21 | NAK |  | Negative Acknowledgement |
22 | 026 | 16 | Alt 22 | SYN |  | Synchronous Idle |
23 | 027 | 17 | Alt 23 | ETB |  | End of Transmit Block |
24 | 030 | 18 | Alt 24 | CAN |  | Cancel |
25 | 031 | 19 | Alt 25 | EM |  | End of Medium |
26 | 032 | 1A | Alt 26 | SUB |  | Substitute |
27 | 033 | 1B | Alt 27 | ESC |  | Escape |
28 | 034 | 1C | Alt 28 | FS |  | File Separator |
29 | 035 | 1D | Alt 29 | GS |  | Group Separator |
30 | 036 | 1E | Alt 30 | RS |  | Record Separator |
31 | 037 | 1F | Alt 31 | US |  | Unit Separator |
Codes 32-127 are common for all the different variations of the ASCII table, they are called printable characters, represent letters, digits, punctuation marks, and a few miscellaneous symbols. You will find almost every character on your keyboard. Character 127 represents the command DEL.
DEC | OCT | HEX | ALT | Symbol | HTML Number | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
32 | 040 | 20 | Alt 32 |   | Space | |
33 | 041 | 21 | Alt 33 | ! | ! | Exclamation mark |
34 | 042 | 22 | Alt 34 | " | " " | Double quotes (or speech marks) |
35 | 043 | 23 | Alt 35 | # | # | Number |
36 | 044 | 24 | Alt 36 | $ | $ | Dollar |
37 | 045 | 25 | Alt 37 | % | % | Procenttecken |
38 | 046 | 26 | Alt 38 | & | & & | Ampersand |
39 | 047 | 27 | Alt 39 | ' | ' | Single quote |
40 | 050 | 28 | Alt 40 | ( | ( | Open parenthesis (or open bracket) |
41 | 051 | 29 | Alt 41 | ) | ) | Close parenthesis (or close bracket) |
42 | 052 | 2A | Alt 42 | * | * | Asterisk |
43 | 053 | 2B | Alt 43 | + | + | Plus |
44 | 054 | 2C | Alt 44 | , | , | Comma |
45 | 055 | 2D | Alt 45 | - | - | Hyphen |
46 | 056 | 2E | Alt 46 | . | . | Period, dot or full stop |
47 | 057 | 2F | Alt 47 | / | / | Slash or divide |
48 | 060 | 30 | Alt 48 | 0 | 0 | Zero |
49 | 061 | 31 | Alt 49 | 1 | 1 | One |
50 | 062 | 32 | Alt 50 | 2 | 2 | Two |
51 | 063 | 33 | Alt 51 | 3 | 3 | Three |
52 | 064 | 34 | Alt 52 | 4 | 4 | Four |
53 | 065 | 35 | Alt 53 | 5 | 5 | Five |
54 | 066 | 36 | Alt 54 | 6 | 6 | Six |
55 | 067 | 37 | Alt 55 | 7 | 7 | Seven |
56 | 070 | 38 | Alt 56 | 8 | 8 | Eight |
57 | 071 | 39 | Alt 57 | 9 | 9 | Nine |
58 | 072 | 3A | Alt 58 | : | : | Colon |
59 | 073 | 3B | Alt 59 | ; | ; | Semicolon |
60 | 074 | 3C | Alt 60 | < | < < | Less than (or open angled bracket) |
61 | 075 | 3D | Alt 61 | = | = | Equals |
62 | 076 | 3E | Alt 62 | > | > > | Greater than (or close angled bracket) |
63 | 077 | 3F | Alt 63 | ? | ? | Question mark |
64 | 100 | 40 | Alt 64 | @ | @ | At symbol |
65 | 101 | 41 | Alt 65 | A | A | Uppercase A |
66 | 102 | 42 | Alt 66 | B | B | Uppercase B |
67 | 103 | 43 | Alt 67 | C | C | Uppercase C |
68 | 104 | 44 | Alt 68 | D | D | Uppercase D |
69 | 105 | 45 | Alt 69 | E | E | Uppercase E |
70 | 106 | 46 | Alt 70 | F | F | Uppercase F |
71 | 107 | 47 | Alt 71 | G | G | Uppercase G |
72 | 110 | 48 | Alt 72 | H | H | Uppercase H |
73 | 111 | 49 | Alt 73 | I | I | Uppercase I |
74 | 112 | 4A | Alt 74 | J | J | Uppercase J |
75 | 113 | 4B | Alt 75 | K | K | Uppercase K |
76 | 114 | 4C | Alt 76 | L | L | Uppercase L |
77 | 115 | 4D | Alt 77 | M | M | Uppercase M |
78 | 116 | 4E | Alt 78 | N | N | Uppercase N |
79 | 117 | 4F | Alt 79 | O | O | Uppercase O |
80 | 120 | 50 | Alt 80 | P | P | Uppercase P |
81 | 121 | 51 | Alt 81 | Q | Q | Uppercase Q |
82 | 122 | 52 | Alt 82 | R | R | Uppercase R |
83 | 123 | 53 | Alt 83 | S | S | Uppercase S |
84 | 124 | 54 | Alt 84 | T | T | Uppercase T |
85 | 125 | 55 | Alt 85 | U | U | Uppercase U |
86 | 126 | 56 | Alt 86 | V | V | Uppercase V |
87 | 127 | 57 | Alt 87 | W | W | Uppercase W |
88 | 130 | 58 | Alt 88 | X | X | Uppercase X |
89 | 131 | 59 | Alt 89 | Y | Y | Uppercase Y |
90 | 132 | 5A | Alt 90 | Z | Z | Uppercase Z |
91 | 133 | 5B | Alt 91 | [ | [ | Opening bracket |
92 | 134 | 5C | Alt 92 | \ | \ | Backslash |
93 | 135 | 5D | Alt 93 | ] | ] | Closing bracket |
94 | 136 | 5E | Alt 94 | ^ | ^ | Caret - circumflex |
95 | 137 | 5F | Alt 95 | _ | _ | Underscore |
96 | 140 | 60 | Alt 96 | ` | ` | Grave accent |
97 | 141 | 61 | Alt 97 | A | a | Lowercase a |
98 | 142 | 62 | Alt 98 | B | b | Lowercase b |
99 | 143 | 63 | Alt 99 | C | c | Lowercase c |
100 | 144 | 64 | Alt 100 | D | d | Lowercase d |
101 | 145 | 65 | Alt 101 | E | e | Lowercase e |
102 | 146 | 66 | Alt 102 | F | f | Lowercase f |
103 | 147 | 67 | Alt 103 | g | g | Lowercase g |
104 | 150 | 68 | Alt 104 | h | h | Lowercase h |
105 | 151 | 69 | Alt 105 | i | i | Lowercase i |
106 | 152 | 6A | Alt 106 | j | j | Lowercase j |
107 | 153 | 6B | Alt 107 | k | k | Lowercase k |
108 | 154 | 6C | Alt 108 | l | l | Lowercase l |
109 | 155 | 6D | Alt 109 | m | m | Lowercase m |
110 | 156 | 6E | Alt 110 | n | n | Lowercase n |
111 | 157 | 6F | Alt 111 | o | o | Lowercase o |
112 | 160 | 70 | Alt 112 | p | p | Lowercase p |
113 | 161 | 71 | Alt 113 | q | q | Lowercase q |
114 | 162 | 72 | Alt 114 | r | r | Lowercase r |
115 | 163 | 73 | Alt 115 | s | s | Lowercase s |
116 | 164 | 74 | Alt 116 | t | t | Lowercase t |
117 | 165 | 75 | Alt 117 | u | u | Lowercase u |
118 | 166 | 76 | Alt 118 | v | v | Lowercase v |
119 | 167 | 77 | Alt 119 | w | w | Lowercase w |
120 | 170 | 78 | Alt 120 | x | x | Lowercase x |
121 | 171 | 79 | Alt 121 | y | y | Lowercase y |
122 | 172 | 7A | Alt 122 | z | z | Lowercase z |
123 | 173 | 7B | Alt 123 | { | { | Opening brace |
124 | 174 | 7C | Alt 124 | | | | | Vertical bar |
125 | 175 | 7D | Alt 125 | } | } | Closing brace |
126 | 176 | 7E | Alt 126 | ~ | ~ | Equivalency sign - tilde |
127 | 177 | 7F | Alt 127 |  | Delete |
There are several different variations of the 8-bit ASCII table. The table below is according to ISO 8859-1, also called ISO Latin-1. Codes 129-159 contain the Microsoft® Windows Latin-1 extended characters.
DEC | OCT | HEX | ALT | Symbol | HTML Number | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
128 | 200 | 80 | Alt 0128 | € | € € | Euro sign |
129 | 201 | 81 | Alt 0129 | |||
130 | 202 | 82 | Alt 0130 | ‚ | ‚ ‚ | Single low-9 quotation mark |
131 | 203 | 83 | Alt 0131 | ƒ | ƒ ƒ | Latin small letter f with hook |
132 | 204 | 84 | Alt 0132 | „ | „ „ | Double low-9 quotation mark |
133 | 205 | 85 | Alt 0133 | … | … … | Horizontal ellipsis |
134 | 206 | 86 | Alt 0134 | † | † † | Dagger |
135 | 207 | 87 | Alt 0135 | ‡ | ‡ ‡ | Double dagger |
136 | 210 | 88 | Alt 0136 | ˆ | ˆ ˆ | Modifier letter circumflex accent |
137 | 211 | 89 | Alt 0137 | ‰ | ‰ ‰ | Per mille sign |
138 | 212 | 8A | Alt 0138 | Š | Š Š | Latin capital letter S with caron |
139 | 213 | 8B | Alt 0139 | ‹ | ‹ ‹ | Single left-pointing angle quotation |
140 | 214 | 8C | Alt 0140 | Œ | Œ Œ | Latin capital ligature OE |
141 | 215 | 8D | Alt 0141 | |||
142 | 216 | 8E | Alt 0142 | Ž | Ž | Latin captial letter Z with caron |
143 | 217 | 8F | Alt 0143 | |||
144 | 220 | 90 | Alt 0144 | |||
145 | 221 | 91 | Alt 0145 | ‘ | ‘ ‘ | Left single quotation mark |
146 | 222 | 92 | Alt 0146 | ’ | ’ ’ | Right single quotation mark |
147 | 223 | 93 | Alt 0147 | “ | “ “ | Left double quotation mark |
148 | 224 | 94 | Alt 0148 | ” | ” ” | Right double quotation mark |
149 | 225 | 95 | Alt 0149 | • | • • | Bullet |
150 | 226 | 96 | Alt 0150 | – | – – | En dash |
151 | 227 | 97 | Alt 0151 | — | — — | Em dash |
152 | 230 | 98 | Alt 0152 | ˜˜˜ | ˜ ˜ | Small tilde |
153 | 231 | 99 | Alt 0153 | ™ | ™ ™ | Trade mark sign |
154 | 232 | 9A | Alt 0154 | š | š š | Latin small letter S with caron |
155 | 233 | 9B | Alt 0155 | › | › › | Single right-pointing angle quotation mark |
156 | 234 | 9C | Alt 0156 | œ | œ œ | Latin small ligature oe |
157 | 235 | 9D | Alt 0157 | |||
158 | 236 | 9E | Alt 0158 | ž | ž | Latin small letter z with caron |
159 | 237 | 9F | Alt 0159 | Ÿ | Ÿ ÿ | Latin capital letter Y with diaeresis |
160 | 240 | A0 | Alt 0160 |   | Non-breaking space | |
161 | 241 | A1 | Alt 0161 | ¡ | ¡ ¡ | Inverted exclamation mark |
162 | 242 | A2 | Alt 0162 | ¢ | ¢ ¢ | Cent sign |
163 | 243 | A3 | Alt 0163 | £ | £ £ | Pound sign |
164 | 244 | A4 | Alt 0164 | ¤ | ¤ ¤ | Currency sign |
165 | 245 | A5 | Alt 0165 | ¥ | ¥ ¥ | Yen sign |
166 | 246 | A6 | Alt 0166 | ¦ | ¦ ¦ | Pipe, Broken vertical bar |
167 | 247 | A7 | Alt 0167 | § | § § | Section sign |
168 | 250 | A8 | Alt 0168 | ¨ | ¨ ¨ | Spacing diaeresis - umlaut |
169 | 251 | A9 | Alt 0169 | © | © © | Copyright sign |
170 | 252 | AA | Alt 0170 | ª | ª ª | Feminine ordinal indicator |
171 | 253 | AB | Alt 0171 | « | « « | Left double angle quotes |
172 | 254 | AC | Alt 0172 | ¬ | ¬ ¬ | Not sign |
173 | 255 | AD | Alt 0173 | ‰ | ­ ­ | Soft hyphen |
174 | 256 | AE | Alt 0174 | ® | ® ® | Registered trade mark sign |
175 | 257 | AF | Alt 0175 | ¯ | ¯ ¯ | Spacing macron - overline |
176 | 260 | B0 | Alt 0176 | ° | ° ° | Degree sign |
177 | 261 | B1 | Alt 0177 | ± | ± ± | Plus-or-minus sign |
178 | 262 | B2 | Alt 0178 | ² | ² ² | Superscript two - squared |
179 | 263 | B3 | Alt 0179 | ³ | ³ ³ | Superscript three - cubed |
180 | 264 | B4 | Alt 0180 | ´ | ´ ´ | Acute accent - spacing acute |
181 | 265 | B5 | Alt 0181 | µ | µ µ | Micro sign |
182 | 266 | B6 | Alt 0182 | ¶ | ¶ ¶ | Pilcrow sign - paragraph sign |
183 | 267 | B7 | Alt 0183 | · | · · | Middle dot - Georgian comma |
184 | 270 | B8 | Alt 0184 | ¸ | ¸ ¸ | Spacing cedilla |
185 | 271 | B9 | Alt 0185 | ¹ | ¹ ¹ | Superscript one |
186 | 272 | BA | Alt 0186 | º | º º | Masculine ordinal indicator |
187 | 273 | BB | Alt 0187 | » | » » | Right double angle quotes |
188 | 274 | BC | Alt 0188 | ¼ | ¼ ¼ | Fraction one quarter |
189 | 275 | BD | Alt 0189 | ½ | ½ ½ | Fraction one half |
190 | 276 | BE | Alt 0190 | ¾ | ¾ ¾ | Fraction three quarters |
191 | 277 | BF | Alt 0191 | ¿ | ¿ ¿ | Inverted question mark |
192 | 300 | C0 | Alt 0192 | À | À À | Latin capital letter A with grave |
193 | 301 | C1 | Alt 0193 | Á | Á Á | Latin capital letter A with acute |
194 | 302 | C2 | Alt 0194 | Â | Â Â | Latin capital letter A with circumflex |
195 | 303 | C3 | Alt 0195 | Ã | Ã Ã | Latin capital letter A with tilde |
196 | 304 | C4 | Alt 0196 | Ä | Ä Ä | Latin capital letter A with diaeresis |
197 | 305 | C5 | Alt 0197 | Å | Å Å | Latin capital letter A with ring above |
198 | 306 | C6 | Alt 0198 | Æ | Æ Æ | Latin capital letter AE |
199 | 307 | C7 | Alt 0199 | Ç | Ç Ç | Latin capital letter C with cedilla |
200 | 310 | C8 | Alt 0200 | È | È È | Latin capital letter E with grave |
201 | 311 | C9 | Alt 0201 | É | É É | Latin capital letter E with acute |
202 | 312 | CA | Alt 0202 | Ê | Ê Ê | Latin capital letter E with circumflex |
203 | 313 | CB | Alt 0203 | Ë | Ë Ë | Latin capital letter E with diaeresis |
204 | 314 | CC | Alt 0204 | Ì | Ì Ì | Latin capital letter I with grave |
205 | 315 | CD | Alt 0205 | Í | Í Í | Latin capital letter I with acute |
206 | 316 | CE | Alt 0206 | Î | Î Î | Latin capital letter I with circumflex |
207 | 317 | CF | Alt 0207 | Ï | Ï Ï | Latin capital letter I with diaeresis |
208 | 320 | D0 | Alt 0208 | Ð | Ð Ð | Latin capital letter ETH |
209 | 321 | D1 | Alt 0209 | Ñ | Ñ Ñ | Latin capital letter N with tilde |
210 | 322 | D2 | Alt 0210 | Ò | Ò Ò | Latin capital letter O with grave |
211 | 323 | D3 | Alt 0211 | Ó | Ó Ó | Latin capital letter O with acute |
212 | 324 | D4 | Alt 0212 | Ô | Ô Ô | Latin capital letter O with circumflex |
213 | 325 | D5 | Alt 0213 | Õ | Õ Õ | Latin capital letter O with tilde |
214 | 326 | D6 | Alt 0214 | Ö | Ö Ö | Latin capital letter O with diaeresis |
215 | 327 | D7 | Alt 0215 | × | × × | Multiplication sign |
216 | 330 | D8 | Alt 0216 | Ø | Ø Ø | Latin capital letter O with slash |
217 | 331 | D9 | Alt 0217 | Ù | Ù Ù | Latin capital letter U with grave |
218 | 332 | DA | Alt 0218 | Ú | Ú Ú | Latin capital letter U with acute |
219 | 333 | DB | Alt 0219 | Û | Û Û | Latin capital letter U with circumflex |
220 | 334 | DC | Alt 0220 | Ü | Ü Ü | Latin capital letter U with diaeresis |
221 | 335 | DD | Alt 0221 | Ý | Ý Ý | Latin capital letter Y with acute |
222 | 336 | DE | Alt 0222 | Þ | Þ Þ | Latin capital letter THORN |
223 | 337 | DF | Alt 0223 | ß | ß ß | Latin small letter sharp s - ess-zed |
224 | 340 | E0 | Alt 0224 | à | à à | Latin small letter a with grave |
225 | 341 | E1 | Alt 0225 | á | á á | Latin small letter a with acute |
226 | 342 | E2 | Alt 0226 | â | â â | Latin small letter a with circumflex |
227 | 343 | E3 | Alt 0227 | ã | ã ã | Latin small letter a with tilde |
228 | 344 | E4 | Alt 0228 | ä | ä ä | Latin small letter a with diaeresis |
229 | 345 | E5 | Alt 0229 | å | å å | Latin small letter a with ring above |
230 | 346 | E6 | Alt 0230 | æ | æ æ | Latin small letter ae |
231 | 347 | E7 | Alt 0231 | ç | ç ç | Latin small letter c with cedilla |
232 | 350 | E8 | Alt 0232 | è | è è | Latin small letter e with grave |
233 | 351 | E9 | Alt 0233 | é | é é | Latin small letter e with acute |
234 | 352 | EA | Alt 0234 | ê | ê ê | Latin small letter e with circumflex |
235 | 353 | EB | Alt 0235 | ë | ë ë | Latin small letter e with diaeresis |
236 | 354 | EC | Alt 0236 | ì | ì ì | Latin small letter i with grave |
237 | 355 | ED | Alt 0237 | í | í í | Latin small letter i with acute |
238 | 356 | EE | Alt 0238 | î | î î | Latin small letter i with circumflex |
239 | 357 | EF | Alt 0239 | ï | ï ï | Latin small letter i with diaeresis |
240 | 360 | F0 | Alt 0240 | ð | ð ð | Latin small letter eth |
241 | 361 | F1 | Alt 0241 | ñ | ñ ñ | Latin small letter n with tilde |
242 | 362 | F2 | Alt 0242 | ò | ò ò | Latin small letter o with grave |
243 | 363 | F3 | Alt 0243 | ó | ó ó | Latin small letter o with acute |
244 | 364 | F4 | Alt 0244 | ô | ô ô | Latin small letter o with circumflex |
245 | 365 | F5 | Alt 0245 | õ | õ õ | Latin small letter o with tilde |
246 | 366 | F6 | Alt 0246 | ö | ö ö | Latin small letter o with diaeresis |
247 | 367 | F7 | Alt 0247 | ÷ | ÷ ÷ | Division sign |
248 | 370 | F8 | Alt 0248 | ø | ø ø | Latin small letter o with slash |
249 | 371 | F9 | Alt 0249 | ù | ù ù | Latin small letter u with grave |
250 | 372 | FA | Alt 0250 | ú | ú ú | Latin small letter u with acute |
251 | 373 | FB | Alt 0251 | û | û û | Latin small letter u with circumflex |
252 | 374 | FC | Alt 0252 | ü | ü ü | Latin small letter u with diaeresis |
253 | 375 | FD | Alt 0253 | ý | ý ý | Latin small letter y with acute |
254 | 376 | FE | Alt 0254 | þ | þ þ | Latin small letter thorn |
255 | 377 | FF | Alt 0255 | ÿ | ÿ ÿ | Latin small letter y with diaeresis |