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ASCII
The term ASCII has different meanings depending on context. Strictly speaking, ASCII (American Standard for Information Interchange) is a code that assigns the letters of the alphabet, digits and punctuation to the numbers 0 to 127.

ASCII has been expanded in many different ways with codes 128 to 255. The most common is called Latin-1. A number of new entities have been added since I wrote the list part of the HTML Cheat Sheet.

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ASCII and Latin-1 Character Table

The letters of the alphabet, the digits 0 to 9, the punctuation, and the control characters are assigned numbers 0 to 127. This standard assignment is called ASCII. It is has been expanded in many different ways with codes 128 to 255. The most common is called Latin-1. See encoding for a list of various other possible encodings. This table shows you how the 255 possible 8-bit characters are rendered. It will look different depending on which encoding and font you are using in your browser. If your browser is configured properly this table will display the Latin-1 characters. If you want to see the HTML codes that will always render the same way no matter what your browser encoding, (encoding-agnostic) see this HTML table.

^A means control-A, the code you generate by holding down the Ctrl key and tapping A.

If the left hand column does not render properly, it means your browser is ignoring the Latin-1 charset command: 

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">

or you don't have a font installed that can display the Latin-1 characters.

The table below was generated by this Java computer program.


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ASCII and Latin-1 Character Table
Char Dec Hex Octal HTML Notes
^@ 0 0x00 0000 ^@ NUL nul
^A 1 0x01 0001 ^A SOH start of header
^B 2 0x02 0002 ^B STX start of text
^C 3 0x03 0003 ^C ETX end of text
^D 4 0x04 0004 ^D EOT end of transmission
^E 5 0x05 0005 ^E ENQ enquiry
^F 6 0x06 0006 ^F ACK acknowledege
^G 7 0x07 0007 ^G BEL bell
^H 8 0x08 0010 ^H BS backspace [\b]
^I 9 0x09 0011 ^I HT horizonal tab [\t]
^J 10 0x0a 0012 ^J LF line feed [\n]
^K 11 0x0b 0013 ^K VT vertical tab
^L 12 0x0c 0014 ^L FF form feed [\f]
^M 13 0x0d 0015 ^M CR carriage return [\r]
^N 14 0x0e 0016 ^N SO shift out
^O 15 0x0f 0017 ^O SI shift in
^P 16 0x10 0020 ^P DLE data link escape
^Q 17 0x11 0021 ^Q DC1 device control 1, XON resume transmission
^R 18 0x12 0022 ^R DC2 device control 2
^S 19 0x13 0023 ^S DC3 device control 3, XOFF pause transmission
^T 20 0x14 0024 ^T DC4 device control 4
^U 21 0x15 0025 ^U NAK negative acknowledge
^V 22 0x16 0026 ^V SYN synchronise
^W 23 0x17 0027 ^W ETB end text block
^X 24 0x18 0030 ^X CAN cancel
^Y 25 0x19 0031 ^Y EM end message
^Z 26 0x1a 0032 ^Z SUB substitute
^[ 27 0x1b 0033 ^[ ESC escape
^\ 28 0x1c 0034 ^\ FS file separator, usually used to separate groups of records.
^] 29 0x1d 0035 ^] GS group separator, usually used to separate fields.
^^ 30 0x1e 0036 ^^ RS record separator, usually used to separate records.
^_ 31 0x1f 0037 ^_ US unit separator, usually used to separate subfields.
  32 0x20 0040 &nbsp; space
! 33 0x21 0041 ! bang, exclamation
" 34 0x22 0042 &quot; quote
# 35 0x23 0043 # sharp, number sign
$ 36 0x24 0044 $ dollar sign
% 37 0x25 0045 % percent
& 38 0x26 0046 &amp; ampersand
' 39 0x27 0047 ' apostrophe
( 40 0x28 0050 ( left parenthesis
) 41 0x29 0051 ) right parenthesis
* 42 0x2a 0052 * star, asterisk
+ 43 0x2b 0053 + plus
, 44 0x2c 0054 , comma
- 45 0x2d 0055 - minus
. 46 0x2e 0056 . period
/ 47 0x2f 0057 / slash, not backslash!
0 48 0x30 0060 0 digit 0
1 49 0x31 0061 1 digit 1
2 50 0x32 0062 2 digit 2
3 51 0x33 0063 3 digit 3
4 52 0x34 0064 4 digit 4
5 53 0x35 0065 5 digit 5
6 54 0x36 0066 6 digit 6
7 55 0x37 0067 7 digit 7
8 56 0x38 0070 8 digit 8
9 57 0x39 0071 9 digit 9
: 58 0x3a 0072 : colon
; 59 0x3b 0073 ; semicolon
< 60 0x3c 0074 &lt; less than
= 61 0x3d 0075 = equals
> 62 0x3e 0076 &gt; greater than
? 63 0x3f 0077 ? question mark
@ 64 0x40 0100 @ at sign
A 65 0x41 0101 A upper case A
B 66 0x42 0102 B upper case B
C 67 0x43 0103 C upper case C
D 68 0x44 0104 D upper case D
E 69 0x45 0105 E upper case E
F 70 0x46 0106 F upper case F
G 71 0x47 0107 G upper case G
H 72 0x48 0110 H upper case H
I 73 0x49 0111 I upper case I
J 74 0x4a 0112 J upper case J
K 75 0x4b 0113 K upper case K
L 76 0x4c 0114 L upper case L
M 77 0x4d 0115 M upper case M
N 78 0x4e 0116 N upper case N
O 79 0x4f 0117 O upper case O
P 80 0x50 0120 P upper case P
Q 81 0x51 0121 Q upper case Q
R 82 0x52 0122 R upper case R
S 83 0x53 0123 S upper case S
T 84 0x54 0124 T upper case T
U 85 0x55 0125 U upper case U
V 86 0x56 0126 V upper case V
W 87 0x57 0127 W upper case W
X 88 0x58 0130 X upper case X
Y 89 0x59 0131 Y upper case Y
Z 90 0x5a 0132 Z upper case Z
[ 91 0x5b 0133 [ left square bracket
\ 92 0x5c 0134 \ backslash, not slash!
] 93 0x5d 0135 ] right square bracket
^ 94 0x5e 0136 ^ hat, circumflex
_ 95 0x5f 0137 _ underscore
` 96 0x60 0140 ` grave, rhymes with have
a 97 0x61 0141 a lower case a
b 98 0x62 0142 b lower case b
c 99 0x63 0143 c lower case c
d 100 0x64 0144 d lower case d
e 101 0x65 0145 e lower case e
f 102 0x66 0146 f lower case f
g 103 0x67 0147 g lower case g
h 104 0x68 0150 h lower case h
i 105 0x69 0151 i lower case i
j 106 0x6a 0152 j lower case j
k 107 0x6b 0153 k lower case k
l 108 0x6c 0154 l lower case l
m 109 0x6d 0155 m lower case m
n 110 0x6e 0156 n lower case n
o 111 0x6f 0157 o lower case o
p 112 0x70 0160 p lower case p
q 113 0x71 0161 q lower case q
r 114 0x72 0162 r lower case r
s 115 0x73 0163 s lower case s
t 116 0x74 0164 t lower case t
u 117 0x75 0165 u lower case u
v 118 0x76 0166 v lower case v
w 119 0x77 0167 w lower case w
x 120 0x78 0170 x lower case x
y 121 0x79 0171 y lower case y
z 122 0x7a 0172 z lower case z
{ 123 0x7b 0173 { left curly brace
| 124 0x7c 0174 | vertical bar
} 125 0x7d 0175 } right curly brace
~ 126 0x7e 0176 ~ tilde
 127 0x7f 0177 &#127; DEL delete
€ 128 0x80 0200 &#128;  
 129 0x81 0201 &#129;  
‚ 130 0x82 0202 &#130;  
ƒ 131 0x83 0203 &#131;  
„ 132 0x84 0204 &#132;  
… 133 0x85 0205 &#133;  
† 134 0x86 0206 &#134;  
‡ 135 0x87 0207 &#135;  
ˆ 136 0x88 0210 &#136;  
‰ 137 0x89 0211 &#137;  
Š 138 0x8a 0212 &#138;  
‹ 139 0x8b 0213 &#139;  
Œ 140 0x8c 0214 &#140;  
 141 0x8d 0215 &#141;  
Ž 142 0x8e 0216 &#142;  
 143 0x8f 0217 &#143;  
 144 0x90 0220 &#144;  
‘ 145 0x91 0221 &#145;  
’ 146 0x92 0222 &#146;  
“ 147 0x93 0223 &#147;  
” 148 0x94 0224 &#148;  
• 149 0x95 0225 &#149;  
– 150 0x96 0226 &#150;  
— 151 0x97 0227 &#151;  
˜ 152 0x98 0230 &#152;  
™ 153 0x99 0231 &#153;  
š 154 0x9a 0232 &#154;  
› 155 0x9b 0233 &#155;  
œ 156 0x9c 0234 &#156;  
 157 0x9d 0235 &#157;  
ž 158 0x9e 0236 &#158;  
Ÿ 159 0x9f 0237 &#159;  
  160 0xa0 0240 &#160;  
¡ 161 0xa1 0241 &#161; PostScript (¡) exclamdown
¢ 162 0xa2 0242 &#162; PostScript (¢) cent
£ 163 0xa3 0243 &#163; PostScript (£) sterling
¤ 164 0xa4 0244 &#164; PostScript (/) fraction
¥ 165 0xa5 0245 &#165; PostScript (¥) yen
¦ 166 0xa6 0246 &#166; PostScript (ƒ) florin
§ 167 0xa7 0247 &#167; PostScript (§) section
¨ 168 0xa8 0250 &#168; PostScript (¤) currency
© 169 0xa9 0251 &#169; PostScript (') quotesingle
ª 170 0xaa 0252 &#170; PostScript (“) quotedblleft
« 171 0xab 0253 &#171; PostScript («) guillemotleft
¬ 172 0xac 0254 &#172; PostScript (<) guilsinglleft
­ 173 0xad 0255 &#173; PostScript (>) guilsinglright
® 174 0xae 0256 &#174; PostScript fi ligature
¯ 175 0xaf 0257 &#175; PostScript fl ligature;
° 176 0xb0 0260 &#176;  
± 177 0xb1 0261 &#177; PostScript (–) endash
² 178 0xb2 0262 &#178; PostScript (†) dagger
³ 179 0xb3 0263 &#179; PostScript (·) periodcentered
´ 180 0xb4 0264 &#180;  
µ 181 0xb5 0265 &#181;  
182 0xb6 0266 &#182; PostScript (¶) paragraph
· 183 0xb7 0267 &#183; PostScript (•) bullet
¸ 184 0xb8 0270 &#184; PostScript (,) quotesinglbase
¹ 185 0xb9 0271 &#185; PostScript („) quotedblbase
º 186 0xba 0272 &#186; PostScript (”) quotedblright
» 187 0xbb 0273 &#187; PostScript (») guillemotright
¼ 188 0xbc 0274 &#188; PostScript (…) ellipsis
½ 189 0xbd 0275 &#189; PostScript (‰) perthousand
¾ 190 0xbe 0276 &#190;  
¿ 191 0xbf 0277 &#191; PostScript (¿) questiondown
À 192 0xc0 0300 &#192;  
Á 193 0xc1 0301 &#193; PostScript (`) grave
 194 0xc2 0302 &#194; PostScript (´) acute
à 195 0xc3 0303 &#195; PostScript (^) circumflex
Ä 196 0xc4 0304 &#196; PostScript (~) tilde
Å 197 0xc5 0305 &#197; PostScript (¯) macron, overbar accent
Æ 198 0xc6 0306 &#198; PostScript (u) breve, flattened u-shaped accent
Ç 199 0xc7 0307 &#199; PostScript (·) dotaccent
È 200 0xc8 0310 &#200; PostScript (¨) dieresis
É 201 0xc9 0311 &#201;  
Ê 202 0xca 0312 &#202; PostScript (°) ring
Ë 203 0xcb 0313 &#203; PostScript (¸) cedilla
Ì 204 0xcc 0314 &#204;  
Í 205 0xcd 0315 &#205; PostScript (”) hungarumlaut
Î 206 0xce 0316 &#206; PostScript (,) ogonek, reverse comma
Ï 207 0xcf 0317 &#207; PostScript (v) caron, flattened v-shaped accent
Ð 208 0xd0 0320 &#208; PostScript (—) emdash
Ñ 209 0xd1 0321 &#209;  
Ò 210 0xd2 0322 &#210;  
Ó 211 0xd3 0323 &#211;  
Ô 212 0xd4 0324 &#212;  
Õ 213 0xd5 0325 &#213;  
Ö 214 0xd6 0326 &#214;  
× 215 0xd7 0327 &#215;  
Ø 216 0xd8 0330 &#216;  
Ù 217 0xd9 0331 &#217;  
Ú 218 0xda 0332 &#218;  
Û 219 0xdb 0333 &#219;  
Ü 220 0xdc 0334 &#220;  
Ý 221 0xdd 0335 &#221;  
Þ 222 0xde 0336 &#222;  
ß 223 0xdf 0337 &#223;  
à 224 0xe0 0340 &#224;  
á 225 0xe1 0341 &#225; PostScript (Æ) AE
â 226 0xe2 0342 &#226;  
ã 227 0xe3 0343 &#227; PostScript (ª) ordfeminine
ä 228 0xe4 0344 &#228;  
å 229 0xe5 0345 &#229;  
æ 230 0xe6 0346 &#230;  
ç 231 0xe7 0347 &#231;  
è 232 0xe8 0350 &#232; PostScript (L/) Lslash, L with / overstrike
é 233 0xe9 0351 &#233; PostScript (Ø) Oslash
ê 234 0xea 0352 &#234; PostScript (Œ) OE
ë 235 0xeb 0353 &#235; PostScript (º) ordmasculine
ì 236 0xec 0354 &#236;  
í 237 0xed 0355 &#237;  
î 238 0xee 0356 &#238;  
ï 239 0xef 0357 &#239;  
ð 240 0xf0 0360 &#240;  
ñ 241 0xf1 0361 &#241; PostScript (æ) ae
ò 242 0xf2 0362 &#242;  
ó 243 0xf3 0363 &#243;  
ô 244 0xf4 0364 &#244;  
õ 245 0xf5 0365 &#245; PostScript (1) dotlessi, i without dot
ö 246 0xf6 0366 &#246;  
÷ 247 0xf7 0367 &#247;  
ø 248 0xf8 0370 &#248; PostScript (l/) l with / overstrike
ù 249 0xf9 0371 &#249; PostScript (ø) oslash
ú 250 0xfa 0372 &#250; PostScript (œ) oe
û 251 0xfb 0373 &#251; PostScript (ß) germandbls
ü 252 0xfc 0374 &#252;  
ý 253 0xfd 0375 &#253;  
þ 254 0xfe 0376 &#254;  
ÿ 255 0xff 0377 &#255;  
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