Appendix D

ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)

ASCII is a 7-bit character code that was introduced by American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and is used by most U.S. personal and workstation computers.

Typing an ASCII character

In DOS: Hold down the <ALT> key while typing the decimal number on the keyboard keypad. (Example: <ALT>178)

In Windows for a DOS character: Hold down <ALT> while typing the decimal on the keyboard keypad. (Example: <ALT>230)

In Windows for a WIN character: Hold down <ALT> while typing "0" then the decimal number on the keyboard keypad. (Example: <ALT>0140)

Char Dec Hex Char Dec Hex Char Dec Hex Char Dec Hex
ASCII Standard Character Set
NUL 0 00 <space> 32 20 @ 64 40 ` 96 60
SOH 1 01 ! 33 21 A 65 41 a 97 61
STX 2 02 " 34 22 B 66 42 b 98 62
ETX 3 03 # 35 23 C 67 43 c 99 63
EOT 4 04 $ 36 24 D 68 44 d 100 64
ENQ 5 05 % 37 25 E 69 45 e 101 65
ACK 6 06 & 38 26 F 70 46 f 102 66
BEL 7 07 ' 39 27 G 71 47 g 103 67
BS 8 08 ( 40 28 H 72 48 h 104 68
HT 9 09 ) 41 29 I 73 49 i 105 69
LF 10 0A * 42 2A J 74 4A j 106 6A
VT 11 0B + 43 2B K 75 4B k 107 6B
FF 12 0C , 44 2C L 76 4C l 108 6C
CR 13 0D - 45 2D M 77 4D m 109 6D
SO 14 0E . 46 2E N 78 4E n 110 6E
SI 15 0F / 47 2F O 79 4F 0 111 6F
DLE 16 10 0 48 30 P 80 50 p 112 70
DC1 17 11 1 49 31 Q 81 51 q 113 71
DC2 18 12 2 50 32 R 82 52 r 114 72
DC3 19 13 3 51 33 S 83 53 s 115 73
DC4 20 14 4 52 34 T 84 54 t 116 74
NAK 21 15 5 53 35 U 85 55 u 117 75
SYN 22 16 6 54 36 V 86 56 v 118 76
ETB 23 17 7 55 37 W 87 57 w 119 77
CAN 24 18 8 56 38 X 88 58 x 120 78
EM 25 19 9 57 39 Y 89 59 y 121 79
SUB 26 1A : 58 3A Z 90 5A z 122 7A
ESC 27 1B ; 59 3B [ 91 5B { 123 7B
FS 28 1C < 60 3C \ 92 5C | 124 7C
GS 29 1D = 61 3D ] 93 5D } 125 7D
RS 30 1E > 62 3E ^ 94 5E ~ 126 7E
US 31 1F ? 63 3F _ 95 5F <delete> 127 7F

DOS WIN Dec Hex DOS WIN Dec Hex DOS WIN Dec Hex DOS WIN Dec Hex
ASCII Extended Character Set
Ç 128 80 ß   160 A0 À 192 C0 α à 224 E0
ü  129 81 í ¡ 161 A1 Á 193 C1 ß á 225 E1
é 130 82 ó ¢ 162 A2 Â 194 C2 Γ â 226 E2
â ƒ 131 83 ú £ 163 A3 Ã 195 C3 π ã 227 E3
ä 132 84 ñ ¤ 164 A4 Ä 196 C4 Σ ä 228 E4
à 133 85 Ñ ¥ 165 A5 Å 197 C5 σ å 229 E5
å 134 86 ª ¦ 166 A6 Æ 198 C6 µ æ 230 E6
ç 135 87 º § 167 A7 Ç 199 C7 τ ç 231 E7
ê ˆ 136 88 ¿ ¨ 168 A8 È 200 C8 Φ è 232 E8
ë 137 89 © 169 A9 É 201 C9 Θ é 233 E9
è Š 138 8A ¬ ª 170 AA Ê 202 CA Ω ê 234 EA
ï 139 8B ½ « 171 AB Ë 203 CB δ ë 235 EB
î Œ 140 8C ¼ ¬ 172 AC Ì 204 CC ì 236 EC
ì  141 8D ¡ ­ 173 AD Í 205 CD φ í 237 ED
Ä Ž 142 8E « ® 174 AE Î 206 CE ε î 238 EE
Å  143 8F » ¯ 175 AF Ï 207 CF ï 239 EF
É  144 90 ° 176 B0 Ð 208 D0 ð 240 F0
æ 145 91 ± 177 B1 Ñ 209 D1 ± ñ 241 F1
Æ 146 92 ² 178 B2 Ò 210 D2 ò 242 F2
ô 147 93 ³ 179 B3 Ó 211 D3 ó 243 F3
ö 148 94 ´ 180 B4 Ô 212 D4 ô 244 F4
ò 149 95 µ 181 B5 Õ 213 D5 õ 245 F5
û 150 96 182 B6 Ö 214 D6 ÷ ö 246 F6
ù 151 97 · 183 B7 × 215 D7 ÷ 247 F7
ÿ ˜ 152 98 ¸ 184 B8 Ø 216 D8 ° ø 248 F8
Ö 153 99 ¹ 185 B9 Ù 217 D9 ù 249 F9
Ü š 154 9A º 186 BA Ú 218 DA · ú 250 FA
¢ 155 9B » 187 BB Û 219 DB û 251 FB
£ œ 156 9C ¼ 188 BC Ü 220 DC ü 252 FC
¥  157 9D ½ 189 BD Ý 221 DD ² ý 253 FD
ž 158 9E ¾ 190 BE Þ 222 DE þ 254 FE
ƒ Ÿ 159 9F ¿ 191 BF ß 223 DF   ÿ 255 FF

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