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The complete table of ASCII
– characters, codes, tdSymbols and signs

The history behind ASCII

The American Standard Code for Information Interchange, or ASCII code in short terms, was created in 1963 by the "American Standards Association" Committee or "ASA". The agency changed its name in 1969 to "American National Standards Institute" or "ANSI" as it has been known since.

The code arises from reordering and expanding the set of tdSymbols and characters already used in telegraphy at that time by the Bell company.

At first it only included capital letters and numbers. In 1967 the lowercase letters and some control characters was added, forming what is known as the US-ASCII, ie the characters 0 through 127.
So this set of only 128 characters that was published in 1967 as standard, contains all that is needed to write in the English language.

In 1981, IBM developed an extension of 8-bit ASCII code, called "code page 437". This version replaced some obsolete control characters with graphic characters. Also additional 128 characters were added, incuding tdSymbols, signs, graphics, latin letters, all punctuation signs and characters needed to write texts in other languages.
This is known as the ASCII characters ranging from 128 to 255 or as the extended ASCII characters.

IBM included support for this code page in the hardware of its model 5150, which was known as "IBM-PC" and considered the first personal computer. The operating system of this model, "MS-DOS" also used this extended ASCII code.
Almost all computer systems today use the ASCII code to represent characters and texts.

ASCII control characters  ASCII printable characters 
 00NULL(Null character)  1 32space 64@ 96` 
01SOH(Start of Header)233!65A97a
02STX(Start of Text)334"66B98b
03ETX(End of Text)435#67C99c
04EOT(End of Trans.)536$68D100d
05ENQ(Enquiry)637%69E101e
06ACK(Acknowledgement)738&70F102f
07BEL(Bell)839'71G103g
08BS(Backspace)940(72H104h
09HT(Horizontal Tab)1041)73I105i
10LF(Line feed)1142*74J106j
11VT(Vertical Tab)1243+75K107k
12FF(Form feed)1344,76L108l
13CR(Carriage return)1445-77M109m
14SO(Shift Out)1546.78N110n
15SI(Shift In)1647/79O111o
16DLE(Data link escape)1748080P112p
17DC1(Device control 1)18 49181Q113q
18DC2(Device control 2)1950282R114r
19DC3(Device control 3)2051383S115s
20DC4(Device control 4)21§52484T116t
21NAK(Negative acknowl.)2253585U117u
22SYN(Synchronous idle)2354686V118v
23ETB(End of trans. block)2455787W119w
24CAN(Cancel)2556888X120x
25EM(End of medium)2657989Y121y
26SUB(Substitute)2758:90Z122z
27ESC(Escape)2859;91[123{
28FS(File separator)2960<92\124|
29GS(Group separator)3061=93]125}
30RS(Record separator)3162>94^126~
31US(Unit separator) 63?95_ 
127DEL(Delete) 

 

Extended ASCII characters
 128Ç  160á  192  224Ó 
129ü161í193225ß
130é162ó194226Ô
131â163ú195227Ò
132ä164ñ196228õ
133à165Ñ197229Õ
134å166ª198ã230µ
135ç167º199Ã231þ
136ê168¿200232Þ
137ë169®201233Ú
138è170¬202234Û
139ï171½203235Ù
140î172¼204236ý
141ì173¡205237Ý
142Ä174«206238¯¯
143Å175»207¤239´´
144É176208ð240
145æ177209Ð241±
146Æ178210Ê242
147ô179211Ë243¾
148ö180212È244
149ò181Á213ı245§
150û182Â214Í246÷
151ù183À215Î247¸
152ÿ184©216Ï248°
153Ö185217249¨
154Ü186218250·
155ø187219251¹
156£188220252³
157Ø189¢221¦253²
158×190¥222Ì254
159ƒ191223255nbsp

 

How to use the ASCII code:

Without knowing it you use these codes al the time. They are just not visible when you use a computer system.
If you need to use characters which are not included in your keyboard, you can do as explained here below, for example:

Example with "μ" (mu)

"μ" (mu) is a Greek letter. But it is also used as a International SI unit prefix, denoting a factor of 10−6 (one millionth).
It has the ASCII code 230 in the Extended ASCII tables above

But how to insert this easy without scrolling through tdSymbols, fonts etc.?

This methode works in Windows and is supported by almost all modern programs:

    1)  Press "Alt" key on your keyboard. Do not release it.
    2)  Keep pressing the "Alt" key, and type the number "230", which is the number of "µ" in ASCII table.
    3)  Release the "Alt" key, and "µ" appears


Full list of ASCII characters, letters, tdSymbols and signs with descriptions:

 ASCII control characters non printable 
 ASCII code 00 =NULL( Null character ) 
ASCII code 01 =SOH( Start of Header )
ASCII code 02 =STX( Start of Text )
ASCII code 03 =ETX( End of Text, hearts card suit )
ASCII code 04 =EOT(End of Transmission, diamonds card suit )
ASCII code 05 =ENQ( Enquiry, clubs card suit )
ASCII code 06 =ACK( Acknowledgement, spade card suit )
ASCII code 07 =BEL( Bell )
ASCII code 08 =BS( Backspace )
ASCII code 09 =HT( Horizontal Tab )
ASCII code 10 =LF( Line feed )
ASCII code 11 =VT( Vertical Tab, male tdSymbol, tdSymbol for Mars )
ASCII code 12 =FF( Form feed, female tdSymbol, tdSymbol for Venus )
ASCII code 13 =CR( Carriage return )
ASCII code 14 =SO( Shift Out )
ASCII code 15 =SI( Shift In )
ASCII code 16 =DLE( Data link escape )
ASCII code 17 =DC1( Device control 1 )
ASCII code 18 =DC2( Device control 2 )
ASCII code 19 =DC3( Device control 3 )
ASCII code 20 =DC4( Device control 4 )
ASCII code 21 =NAK( NAK Negative-acknowledge )
ASCII code 22 =SYN( Synchronous idle )
ASCII code 23 =ETB( End of trans. block )
ASCII code 24 =CAN( Cancel )
ASCII code 25 =EM( End of medium )
ASCII code 26 =SUB( Substitute )
ASCII code 27 =ESC( Escape )
ASCII code 28 =FS( File separator )
ASCII code 29 =GS( Group separator )
ASCII code 30 =RS( Record separator )
ASCII code 31 =US( Unit separator )
ASCII code 127 =DEL( Delete )
 Printable ASCII characters: ( alphanumeric, tdSymbols and signs ) 
 ASCII code 32 =space( Space ) 
ASCII code 33 =!( Exclamation mark )
ASCII code 34 ="( Double quotes ; Quotation mark ; speech marks )
ASCII code 35 =#( Number sign )
ASCII code 36 =$( Dollar sign )
ASCII code 37 =%( Percent sign )
ASCII code 38 =&( Ampersand )
ASCII code 39 ='( Single quote or Apostrophe )
ASCII code 40 =(( round brackets or parentheses, opening round bracket )
ASCII code 41 =)( parentheses or round brackets, closing parentheses )
ASCII code 42 =*( Asterisk )
ASCII code 43 =+( Plus sign )
ASCII code 44 =,( Comma )
ASCII code 45 =-( Hyphen , minus sign )
ASCII code 46 =.( Dot, full stop )
ASCII code 47 =/( Slash , forward slash , fraction bar , division slash )
ASCII code 48 =0( number zero )
ASCII code 49 =1( number one )
ASCII code 50 =2( number two )
ASCII code 51 =3( number three )
ASCII code 52 =4( number four )
ASCII code 53 =5( number five )
ASCII code 54 =6( number six )
ASCII code 55 =7( number seven )
ASCII code 56 =8( number eight )
ASCII code 57 =9( number nine )
ASCII code 58 =:( Colon )
ASCII code 59 =;( Semicolon )
ASCII code 60 =<( Less-than sign )
ASCII code 61 ==( Equals sign )
ASCII code 62 =>( Greater-than sign ; Inequality )
ASCII code 63 =?( Question mark )
ASCII code 64 =@( At sign )
ASCII code 65 =A( Capital letter A )
ASCII code 66 =B( Capital letter B )
ASCII code 67 =C( Capital letter C )
ASCII code 68 =D( Capital letter D )
ASCII code 69 =E( Capital letter E )
ASCII code 70 =F( Capital letter F )
ASCII code 71 =G( Capital letter G )
ASCII code 72 =H( Capital letter H )
ASCII code 73 =I( Capital letter I )
ASCII code 74 =J( Capital letter J )
ASCII code 75 =K( Capital letter K )
ASCII code 76 =L( Capital letter L )
ASCII code 77 =M( Capital letter M )
ASCII code 78 =N( Capital letter N )
ASCII code 79 =O( Capital letter O )
ASCII code 80 =P( Capital letter P )
ASCII code 81 =Q( Capital letter Q )
ASCII code 82 =R( Capital letter R )
ASCII code 83 =S( Capital letter S )
ASCII code 84 =T( Capital letter T )
ASCII code 85 =U( Capital letter U )
ASCII code 86 =V( Capital letter V )
ASCII code 87 =W( Capital letter W )
ASCII code 88 =X( Capital letter X )
ASCII code 89 =Y( Capital letter Y )
ASCII code 90 =Z( Capital letter Z )
ASCII code 91 =[( square brackets or box brackets, opening bracket )
ASCII code 92 =\( Backslash , reverse slash )
ASCII code 93 =]( box brackets or square brackets, closing bracket )
ASCII code 94 =^( Circumflex accent or Caret )
ASCII code 95 =_( underscore , understrike , underbar or low line )
ASCII code 96 =`( Grave accent )
ASCII code 97 =a( Lowercase letter a , minuscule a )
ASCII code 98 =b( Lowercase letter b , minuscule b )
ASCII code 99 =c( Lowercase letter c , minuscule c )
ASCII code 100 =d( Lowercase letter d , minuscule d )
ASCII code 101 =e( Lowercase letter e , minuscule e )
ASCII code 102 =f( Lowercase letter f , minuscule f )
ASCII code 103 =g( Lowercase letter g , minuscule g )
ASCII code 104 =h( Lowercase letter h , minuscule h )
ASCII code 105 =i( Lowercase letter i , minuscule i )
ASCII code 106 =j( Lowercase letter j , minuscule j )
ASCII code 107 =k( Lowercase letter k , minuscule k )
ASCII code 108 =l( Lowercase letter l , minuscule l )
ASCII code 109 =m( Lowercase letter m , minuscule m )
ASCII code 110 =n( Lowercase letter n , minuscule n )
ASCII code 111 =o( Lowercase letter o , minuscule o )
ASCII code 112 =p( Lowercase letter p , minuscule p )
ASCII code 113 =q( Lowercase letter q , minuscule q )
ASCII code 114 =r( Lowercase letter r , minuscule r )
ASCII code 115 =s( Lowercase letter s , minuscule s )
ASCII code 116 =t( Lowercase letter t , minuscule t )
ASCII code 117 =u( Lowercase letter u , minuscule u )
ASCII code 118 =v( Lowercase letter v , minuscule v )
ASCII code 119 =w( Lowercase letter w , minuscule w )
ASCII code 120 =x( Lowercase letter x , minuscule x )
ASCII code 121 =y( Lowercase letter y , minuscule y )
ASCII code 122 =z( Lowercase letter z , minuscule z )
ASCII code 123 ={( braces or curly brackets, opening braces )
ASCII code 124 =|( vertical-bar, vbar, vertical line or vertical slash )
ASCII code 125 =}( curly brackets or braces, closing curly brackets )
ASCII code 126 =~( Tilde ; swung dash )
ASCII Extended Characters
 ASCII code 128 =Ç( Majuscule C-cedilla ) 
ASCII code 129 =ü( letter u with umlaut or diaeresis , u-umlaut )
ASCII code 130 =é( letter e with acute accent or e-acute )
ASCII code 131 =â( letter a with circumflex accent or a-circumflex )
ASCII code 132 =ä( letter a with umlaut or diaeresis , a-umlaut )
ASCII code 133 =à( letter a with grave accent )
ASCII code 134 =å( letter a with a ring )
ASCII code 135 =ç( Minuscule c-cedilla )
ASCII code 136 =ê( letter e with circumflex accent or e-circumflex )
ASCII code 137 =ë( letter e with umlaut or diaeresis ; e-umlauts )
ASCII code 138 =è( letter e with grave accent )
ASCII code 139 =ï( letter i with umlaut or diaeresis ; i-umlaut )
ASCII code 140 =î( letter i with circumflex accent or i-circumflex )
ASCII code 141 =ì( letter i with grave accent )
ASCII code 142 =Ä( letter A with umlaut or diaeresis ; A-umlaut )
ASCII code 143 =Å( Capital letter A with a ring )
ASCII code 144 =É( Capital letter E with acute accent or E-acute )
ASCII code 145 =æ( Latin diphthong ae in lowercase )
ASCII code 146 =Æ( Latin diphthong AE in uppercase )
ASCII code 147 =ô( letter o with circumflex accent or o-circumflex )
ASCII code 148 =ö( letter o with umlaut or diaeresis ; o-umlaut )
ASCII code 149 =ò( letter o with grave accent )
ASCII code 150 =û( letter u with circumflex accent or u-circumflex )
ASCII code 151 =ù( letter u with grave accent )
ASCII code 152 =ÿ( Lowercase letter y with diaeresis )
ASCII code 153 =Ö( Letter O with umlaut or diaeresis ; O-umlaut )
ASCII code 154 =Ü( Letter U with umlaut or diaeresis ; U-umlaut )
ASCII code 155 =ø( Lowercase slashed zero or empty set )
ASCII code 156 =£( Pound sign ; tdSymbol for the pound sterling )
ASCII code 157 =Ø( Uppercase slashed zero or empty set )
ASCII code 158 =×( Multiplication sign )
ASCII code 159 =ƒ( Function sign ; f with hook sign ; florin sign )
ASCII code 160 =á( Lowercase letter a with acute accent or a-acute )
ASCII code 161 =í( Lowercase letter i with acute accent or i-acute )
ASCII code 162 =ó( Lowercase letter o with acute accent or o-acute )
ASCII code 163 =ú( Lowercase letter u with acute accent or u-acute )
ASCII code 164 =ñ( eñe, enie, spanish letter enye, lowercase n with tilde )
ASCII code 165 =Ñ( Spanish letter enye, uppercase N with tilde, EÑE, enie )
ASCII code 166 =ª( feminine ordinal indicator )
ASCII code 167 =º( masculine ordinal indicator )
ASCII code 168 =¿( Inverted question marks )
ASCII code 169 =®( Registered trademark tdSymbol )
ASCII code 170 =¬( Logical negation tdSymbol )
ASCII code 171 =½( One half )
ASCII code 172 =¼( Quarter, one fourth )
ASCII code 173 =¡( Inverted exclamation marks )
ASCII code 174 =«( Angle quotes, guillemets, right-pointing quotation mark )
ASCII code 175 =»( Guillemets, angle quotes, left-pointing quotation marks )
ASCII code 176 =( Graphic character, low density dotted )
ASCII code 177 =( Graphic character, medium density dotted )
ASCII code 178 =( Graphic character, high density dotted )
ASCII code 179 =( Box drawing character single vertical line )
ASCII code 180 =( Box drawing character single vertical and left line )
ASCII code 181 =Á( Capital letter A with acute accent or A-acute )
ASCII code 182 =Â( Letter A with circumflex accent or A-circumflex )
ASCII code 183 =À( Letter A with grave accent )
ASCII code 184 =©( Copyright tdSymbol )
ASCII code 185 =( Box drawing character double line vertical and left )
ASCII code 186 =( Box drawing character double vertical line )
ASCII code 187 =( Box drawing character double line upper right corner )
ASCII code 188 =( Box drawing character double line lower right corner )
ASCII code 189 =¢( Cent tdSymbol )
ASCII code 190 =¥( YEN and YUAN sign )
ASCII code 191 =( Box drawing character single line upper right corner )
ASCII code 192 =( Box drawing character single line lower left corner )
ASCII code 193 =( Box drawing character single line horizontal and up )
ASCII code 194 =( Box drawing character single line horizontal down )
ASCII code 195 =( Box drawing character single line vertical and right )
ASCII code 196 =( Box drawing character single horizontal line )
ASCII code 197 =( Box drawing character single line horizontal vertical )
ASCII code 198 =ã( Lowercase letter a with tilde or a-tilde )
ASCII code 199 =Ã( Capital letter A with tilde or A-tilde )
ASCII code 200 =( Box drawing character double line lower left corner )
ASCII code 201 =( Box drawing character double line upper left corner )
ASCII code 202 =( Box drawing character double line horizontal and up )
ASCII code 203 =( Box drawing character double line horizontal down )
ASCII code 204 =( Box drawing character double line vertical and right )
ASCII code 205 =( Box drawing character double horizontal line )
ASCII code 206 =( Box drawing character double line horizontal vertical )
ASCII code 207 =¤( Generic currency sign )
ASCII code 208 =ð( Lowercase letter eth )
ASCII code 209 =Ð( Capital letter Eth )
ASCII code 210 =Ê( Letter E with circumflex accent or E-circumflex )
ASCII code 211 =Ë( Letter E with umlaut or diaeresis, E-umlaut )
ASCII code 212 =È( Capital letter E with grave accent )
ASCII code 213 =ı( Lowercase dot less i )
ASCII code 214 =Í( Capital letter I with acute accent or I-acute )
ASCII code 215 =Î( Letter I with circumflex accent or I-circumflex )
ASCII code 216 =Ï( Letter I with umlaut or diaeresis ; I-umlaut )
ASCII code 217 =( Box drawing character single line lower right corner )
ASCII code 218 =( Box drawing character single line upper left corner )
ASCII code 219 =( Block, graphic character )
ASCII code 220 =( Bottom half block )
ASCII code 221 =¦( Vertical broken bar )
ASCII code 222 =Ì( Capital letter I with grave accent )
ASCII code 223 =( Top half block )
ASCII code 224 =Ó( Capital letter O with acute accent or O-acute )
ASCII code 225 =ß( Letter Eszett ; scharfes S or sharp S )
ASCII code 226 =Ô( Letter O with circumflex accent or O-circumflex )
ASCII code 227 =Ò( Capital letter O with grave accent )
ASCII code 228 =õ( Lowercase letter o with tilde or o-tilde )
ASCII code 229 =Õ( Capital letter O with tilde or O-tilde )
ASCII code 230 =µ( Lowercase letter Mu ; micro sign or micron )
ASCII code 231 =þ( Lowercase letter Thorn )
ASCII code 232 =Þ( Capital letter Thorn )
ASCII code 233 =Ú( Capital letter U with acute accent or U-acute )
ASCII code 234 =Û( Letter U with circumflex accent or U-circumflex )
ASCII code 235 =Ù( Capital letter U with grave accent )
ASCII code 236 =ý( Lowercase letter y with acute accent )
ASCII code 237 =Ý( Capital letter Y with acute accent )
ASCII code 238 =¯( Macron tdSymbol )
ASCII code 239 =´( Acute accent )
ASCII code 240 =( Congruence relation tdSymbol )
ASCII code 241 =±( Plus-minus sign )
ASCII code 242 =( underline or underscore )
ASCII code 243 =¾( three quarters, three-fourths )
ASCII code 244 =( Paragraph sign or pilcrow ; end paragraph mark )
ASCII code 245 =§( Section sign )
ASCII code 246 =÷( The division sign ; Obelus )
ASCII code 247 =¸( cedilla )
ASCII code 248 =°( Degree tdSymbol )
ASCII code 249 =¨( Diaresis )
ASCII code 250 =·( Interpunct or space dot )
ASCII code 251 =¹( Superscript one, exponent 1, first power )
ASCII code 252 =³( Superscript three, exponent 3, cube, third power )
ASCII code 253 =²( Superscript two, exponent 2, square, second power )
ASCII code 254 =( black square )
ASCII code 255 =nbsp( Non-breaking space or no-break space )