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.
Table of ASCII characters and symbols
ASCII control characters (character code 0-31)
The first 32 characters in the ASCII-table are unprintable control codes and are used to control peripherals such as printers.
ASCII printable characters (character code 32-127)
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.
The extended ASCII codes (character code 128-255)
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 128-159 contain the Microsoft® Windows Latin-1 extended characters.
Table of ASCII characters and symbols
The first 32 characters in the ASCII-table are unprintable control codes and are used to control peripherals such as printers.
DEC | Symbol | HTML Number | HTML Name | Description |
0 | NUL | � | Null char | |
1 | SOH |  | Start of Heading | |
2 | STX |  | Start of Text | |
3 | ETX |  | End of Text | |
4 | EOT |  | End of Transmission | |
5 | ENQ |  | Enquiry | |
6 | ACK |  | Acknowledgment | |
7 | BEL |  | Bell | |
8 | BS |  | Back Space | |
9 | HT | 	 | Horizontal Tab | |
10 | LF | 
 | Line Feed | |
11 | VT |  | Vertical Tab | |
12 | FF |  | Form Feed | |
13 | CR | 
 | Carriage Return | |
14 | SO |  | Shift Out / X-On | |
15 | SI |  | Shift In / X-Off | |
16 | DLE |  | Data Line Escape | |
17 | DC1 |  | Device Control 1 (oft. XON) | |
18 | DC2 |  | Device Control 2 | |
19 | DC3 |  | Device Control 3 (oft. XOFF) | |
20 | DC4 |  | Device Control 4 | |
21 | NAK |  | Negative Acknowledgement | |
22 | SYN |  | Synchronous Idle | |
23 | ETB |  | End of Transmit Block | |
24 | CAN |  | Cancel | |
25 | EM |  | End of Medium | |
26 | SUB |  | Substitute | |
27 | ESC |  | Escape | |
28 | FS |  | File Separator | |
29 | GS |  | Group Separator | |
30 | RS |  | Record Separator | |
31 | US |  | Unit Separator |
ASCII printable characters (character code 32-127)
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 | Symbol | HTML Number | HTML Name | Description |
32 |   | Space | ||
33 | ! | ! | Exclamation mark | |
34 | " | " | " | Double quotes (or speech marks) |
35 | # | # | Number | |
36 | $ | $ | Dollar | |
37 | % | % | Procenttecken | |
38 | & | & | & | Ampersand |
39 | ' | ' | Single quote | |
40 | ( | ( | Open parenthesis (or open bracket) | |
41 | ) | ) | Close parenthesis (or close bracket) | |
42 | * | * | Asterisk | |
43 | + | + | Plus | |
44 | , | , | Comma | |
45 | - | - | Hyphen | |
46 | . | . | Period, dot or full stop | |
47 | / | / | Slash or divide | |
48 | 0 | 0 | Zero | |
49 | 1 | 1 | One | |
50 | 2 | 2 | Two | |
51 | 3 | 3 | Three | |
52 | 4 | 4 | Four | |
53 | 5 | 5 | Five | |
54 | 6 | 6 | Six | |
55 | 7 | 7 | Seven | |
56 | 8 | 8 | Eight | |
57 | 9 | 9 | Nine | |
58 | : | : | Colon | |
59 | ; | ; | Semicolon | |
60 | < | < | < | Less than (or open angled bracket) |
61 | = | = | Equals | |
62 | > | > | > | Greater than (or close angled bracket) |
63 | ? | ? | Question mark | |
64 | @ | @ | At symbol | |
65 | A | A | Uppercase A | |
66 | B | B | Uppercase B | |
67 | C | C | Uppercase C | |
68 | D | D | Uppercase D | |
69 | E | E | Uppercase E | |
70 | F | F | Uppercase F | |
71 | G | G | Uppercase G | |
72 | H | H | Uppercase H | |
73 | I | I | Uppercase I | |
74 | J | J | Uppercase J | |
75 | K | K | Uppercase K | |
76 | L | L | Uppercase L | |
77 | M | M | Uppercase M | |
78 | N | N | Uppercase N | |
79 | O | O | Uppercase O | |
80 | P | P | Uppercase P | |
81 | Q | Q | Uppercase Q | |
82 | R | R | Uppercase R | |
83 | S | S | Uppercase S | |
84 | T | T | Uppercase T | |
85 | U | U | Uppercase U | |
86 | V | V | Uppercase V | |
87 | W | W | Uppercase W | |
88 | X | X | Uppercase X | |
89 | Y | Y | Uppercase Y | |
90 | Z | Z | Uppercase Z | |
91 | [ | [ | Opening bracket | |
92 | \ | \ | Backslash | |
93 | ] | ] | Closing bracket | |
94 | ^ | ^ | Caret - circumflex | |
95 | _ | _ | Underscore | |
96 | ` | ` | Grave accent | |
97 | a | a | Lowercase a | |
98 | b | b | Lowercase b | |
99 | c | c | Lowercase c | |
100 | d | d | Lowercase d | |
101 | e | e | Lowercase e | |
102 | f | f | Lowercase f | |
103 | g | g | Lowercase g | |
104 | h | h | Lowercase h | |
105 | i | i | Lowercase i | |
106 | j | j | Lowercase j | |
107 | k | k | Lowercase k | |
108 | l | l | Lowercase l | |
109 | m | m | Lowercase m | |
110 | n | n | Lowercase n | |
111 | o | o | Lowercase o | |
112 | p | p | Lowercase p | |
113 | q | q | Lowercase q | |
114 | r | r | Lowercase r | |
115 | s | s | Lowercase s | |
116 | t | t | Lowercase t | |
117 | u | u | Lowercase u | |
118 | v | v | Lowercase v | |
119 | w | w | Lowercase w | |
120 | x | x | Lowercase x | |
121 | y | y | Lowercase y | |
122 | z | z | Lowercase z | |
123 | { | { | Opening brace | |
124 | | | | | Vertical bar | |
125 | } | } | Closing brace | |
126 | ~ | ~ | Equivalency sign - tilde | |
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 128-159 contain the Microsoft® Windows Latin-1 extended characters.
DEC | Symbol | HTML Number | HTML Name | Description |
128 | € | € | € | Euro sign |
129 | ||||
130 | ‚ | ‚ | ‚ | Single low-9 quotation mark |
131 | ƒ | ƒ | ƒ | Latin small letter f with hook |
132 | „ | „ | „ | Double low-9 quotation mark |
133 | … | … | … | Horizontal ellipsis |
134 | † | † | † | Dagger |
135 | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | Double dagger |
136 | ˆ | ˆ | ˆ | Modifier letter circumflex accent |
137 | ‰ | ‰ | ‰ | Per mille sign |
138 | Š | Š | Š | Latin capital letter S with caron |
139 | ‹ | ‹ | ‹ | Single left-pointing angle quotation |
140 | Œ | Œ | Œ | Latin capital ligature OE |
141 | ||||
142 | Ž | Ž | Latin captial letter Z with caron | |
143 | ||||
144 | ||||
145 | ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | Left single quotation mark |
146 | ’ | ’ | ’ | Right single quotation mark |
147 | “ | “ | “ | Left double quotation mark |
148 | ” | ” | ” | Right double quotation mark |
149 | • | • | • | Bullet |
150 | – | – | – | En dash |
151 | — | — | — | Em dash |
152 | ˜ | ˜ | ˜ | Small tilde |
153 | ™ | ™ | ™ | Trade mark sign |
154 | š | š | š | Latin small letter S with caron |
155 | › | › | › | Single right-pointing angle quotation mark |
156 | œ | œ | œ | Latin small ligature oe |
157 | ||||
158 | ž | ž | Latin small letter z with caron | |
159 | Ÿ | Ÿ | Ÿ | Latin capital letter Y with diaeresis |
160 |   | | Non-breaking space | |
161 | ¡ | ¡ | ¡ | Inverted exclamation mark |
162 | ¢ | ¢ | ¢ | Cent sign |
163 | £ | £ | £ | Pound sign |
164 | ¤ | ¤ | ¤ | Currency sign |
165 | ¥ | ¥ | ¥ | Yen sign |
166 | ¦ | ¦ | ¦ | Pipe, Broken vertical bar |
167 | § | § | § | Section sign |
168 | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | Spacing diaeresis - umlaut |
169 | © | © | © | Copyright sign |
170 | ª | ª | ª | Feminine ordinal indicator |
171 | « | « | « | Left double angle quotes |
172 | ¬ | ¬ | ¬ | Not sign |
173 | | ­ | ­ | Soft hyphen |
174 | ® | ® | ® | Registered trade mark sign |
175 | ¯ | ¯ | ¯ | Spacing macron - overline |
176 | ° | ° | ° | Degree sign |
177 | ± | ± | ± | Plus-or-minus sign |
178 | ² | ² | ² | Superscript two - squared |
179 | ³ | ³ | ³ | Superscript three - cubed |
180 | ´ | ´ | ´ | Acute accent - spacing acute |
181 | µ | µ | µ | Micro sign |
182 | ¶ | ¶ | ¶ | Pilcrow sign - paragraph sign |
183 | · | · | · | Middle dot - Georgian comma |
184 | ¸ | ¸ | ¸ | Spacing cedilla |
185 | ¹ | ¹ | ¹ | Superscript one |
186 | º | º | º | Masculine ordinal indicator |
187 | » | » | » | Right double angle quotes |
188 | ¼ | ¼ | ¼ | Fraction one quarter |
189 | ½ | ½ | ½ | Fraction one half |
190 | ¾ | ¾ | ¾ | Fraction three quarters |
191 | ¿ | ¿ | ¿ | Inverted question mark |
192 | À | À | À | Latin capital letter A with grave |
193 | Á | Á | Á | Latin capital letter A with acute |
194 | Â | Â | Â | Latin capital letter A with circumflex |
195 | Ã | Ã | Ã | Latin capital letter A with tilde |
196 | Ä | Ä | Ä | Latin capital letter A with diaeresis |
197 | Å | Å | Å | Latin capital letter A with ring above |
198 | Æ | Æ | Æ | Latin capital letter AE |
199 | Ç | Ç | Ç | Latin capital letter C with cedilla |
200 | È | È | È | Latin capital letter E with grave |
201 | É | É | É | Latin capital letter E with acute |
202 | Ê | Ê | Ê | Latin capital letter E with circumflex |
203 | Ë | Ë | Ë | Latin capital letter E with diaeresis |
204 | Ì | Ì | Ì | Latin capital letter I with grave |
205 | Í | Í | Í | Latin capital letter I with acute |
206 | Î | Î | Î | Latin capital letter I with circumflex |
207 | Ï | Ï | Ï | Latin capital letter I with diaeresis |
208 | Ð | Ð | Ð | Latin capital letter ETH |
209 | Ñ | Ñ | Ñ | Latin capital letter N with tilde |
210 | Ò | Ò | Ò | Latin capital letter O with grave |
211 | Ó | Ó | Ó | Latin capital letter O with acute |
212 | Ô | Ô | Ô | Latin capital letter O with circumflex |
213 | Õ | Õ | Õ | Latin capital letter O with tilde |
214 | Ö | Ö | Ö | Latin capital letter O with diaeresis |
215 | × | × | × | Multiplication sign |
216 | Ø | Ø | Ø | Latin capital letter O with slash |
217 | Ù | Ù | Ù | Latin capital letter U with grave |
218 | Ú | Ú | Ú | Latin capital letter U with acute |
219 | Û | Û | Û | Latin capital letter U with circumflex |
220 | Ü | Ü | Ü | Latin capital letter U with diaeresis |
221 | Ý | Ý | Ý | Latin capital letter Y with acute |
222 | Þ | Þ | Þ | Latin capital letter THORN |
223 | ß | ß | ß | Latin small letter sharp s - ess-zed |
224 | à | à | à | Latin small letter a with grave |
225 | á | á | á | Latin small letter a with acute |
226 | â | â | â | Latin small letter a with circumflex |
227 | ã | ã | ã | Latin small letter a with tilde |
228 | ä | ä | ä | Latin small letter a with diaeresis |
229 | å | å | å | Latin small letter a with ring above |
230 | æ | æ | æ | Latin small letter ae |
231 | ç | ç | ç | Latin small letter c with cedilla |
232 | è | è | è | Latin small letter e with grave |
233 | é | é | é | Latin small letter e with acute |
234 | ê | ê | ê | Latin small letter e with circumflex |
235 | ë | ë | ë | Latin small letter e with diaeresis |
236 | ì | ì | ì | Latin small letter i with grave |
237 | í | í | í | Latin small letter i with acute |
238 | î | î | î | Latin small letter i with circumflex |
239 | ï | ï | ï | Latin small letter i with diaeresis |
240 | ð | ð | ð | Latin small letter eth |
241 | ñ | ñ | ñ | Latin small letter n with tilde |
242 | ò | ò | ò | Latin small letter o with grave |
243 | ó | ó | ó | Latin small letter o with acute |
244 | ô | ô | ô | Latin small letter o with circumflex |
245 | õ | õ | õ | Latin small letter o with tilde |
246 | ö | ö | ö | Latin small letter o with diaeresis |
247 | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | Division sign |
248 | ø | ø | ø | Latin small letter o with slash |
249 | ù | ù | ù | Latin small letter u with grave |
250 | ú | ú | ú | Latin small letter u with acute |
251 | û | û | û | Latin small letter u with circumflex |
252 | ü | ü | ü | Latin small letter u with diaeresis |
253 | ý | ý | ý | Latin small letter y with acute |
254 | þ | þ | þ | Latin small letter thorn |
255 | ÿ | ÿ | ÿ | Latin small letter y with diaeresis |
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