llizard recommends that you study this table: ================================================================= | | | 32 SP | 33 ! | 34 " | 35 # | 36 $ | 37 % | 38 & | 39 ' | | 40 ( | 41 ) | 42 * | 43 + | 44 , | 45 - | 46 . | 47 / | | 48 0 | 49 1 | 50 2 | 51 3 | 52 4 | 53 5 | 54 6 | 55 7 | | 56 8 | 57 9 | 58 : | 59 ; | 60 < | 61 = | 62 > | 63 ? | | 64 @ | 65 A | 66 B | 67 C | 68 D | 69 E | 70 F | 71 G | | 72 H | 73 I | 74 J | 75 K | 76 L | 77 M | 78 N | 79 O | | 80 P | 81 Q | 82 R | 83 S | 84 T | 85 U | 86 V | 87 W | | 88 X | 89 Y | 90 Z | 91 [ | 92 \ | 93 ] | 94 ^ | 95 _ | | 96 ` | 97 a | 98 b | 99 c |100 d |101 e |102 f |103 g | |104 h |105 i |106 j |107 k |108 l |109 m |110 n |111 o | |112 p |113 q |114 r |115 s |116 t |117 u |118 v |119 w | |120 x |121 y |122 z |123 { |124 | |125 } |126 ~ | | | | | No, no, no, MUST'NT use ones that are not on the chart! | | | ================================================================= It occurs to me that there are many many people who just stare at their keyboards and punch the keys they see. These same people may be confused by all those numbers on the existing chart. So I have revised the standard ASCII character chart. ================================== ASCII character chart for dummies: ================================== |This chart should be symmetrical! | If it isn't, change your font | |til the i's and the m's line up.| | | |iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii| |mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm| | | | SP ! " # $ % & ' | | ( ) * + , - . / | | 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | | 8 9 : ; < = > ? | | @ A B C D E F G | | H I J K L M N O | | P Q R S T U V W | | X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ | | ` a b c d e f g | | h i j k l m n o | | p q r s t u v w | | x y z { | } ~ | | | | SP stands for Space bar | | | | No, no, no, you MUSTN'T use | | ones that are not on the chart!| ================================== !"#$%&' ()*+,-./ 01234567 89:;<=>? @ABCDEFG HIJKLMNO PQRSTUVW XYZ[\]^_ `abcdefg hijklmno pqrstuvw xyz{|}~ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% What a unix system has to say when asked what ascii is: ASCII(7) ENVIRONMENTS, TABLES, AND TROFF MACROS ASCII(7) NAME ascii - map of ASCII character set SYNOPSIS cat /usr/pub/ascii DESCRIPTION /usr/pub/ascii is a map of the ASCII character set, to be printed as needed. It contains octal and hexadecimal values for each character. While not included in that file, a chart of decimal values is also shown here. Octal - Character |000 NUL|001 SOH|002 STX|003 ETX|004 EOT|005 ENQ|006 ACK|007 BEL| |010 BS |011 HT |012 NL |013 VT |014 NP |015 CR |016 SO |017 SI | |020 DLE|021 DC1|022 DC2|023 DC3|024 DC4|025 NAK|026 SYN|027 ETB| |030 CAN|031 EM |032 SUB|033 ESC|034 FS |035 GS |036 RS |037 US | |040 SP |041 ! |042 " |043 # |044 $ |045 % |046 & |047 ' | |050 ( |051 ) |052 * |053 + |054 , |055 - |056 . |057 / | |060 0 |061 1 |062 2 |063 3 |064 4 |065 5 |066 6 |067 7 | |070 8 |071 9 |072 : |073 ; |074 < |075 = |076 > |077 ? | |100 @ |101 A |102 B |103 C |104 D |105 E |106 F |107 G | |110 H |111 I |112 J |113 K |114 L |115 M |116 N |117 O | |120 P |121 Q |122 R |123 S |124 T |125 U |126 V |127 W | |130 X |131 Y |132 Z |133 [ |134 \ |135 ] |136 ^ |137 _ | |140 ` |141 a |142 b |143 c |144 d |145 e |146 f |147 g | |150 h |151 i |152 j |153 k |154 l |155 m |156 n |157 o | |160 p |161 q |162 r |163 s |164 t |165 u |166 v |167 w | |170 x |171 y |172 z |173 { |174 | |175 } |176 ~ |177 DEL| Hexadecimal - Character | 00 NUL| 01 SOH| 02 STX| 03 ETX| 04 EOT| 05 ENQ| 06 ACK| 07 BEL| | 08 BS | 09 HT | 0A NL | 0B VT | 0C NP | 0D CR | 0E SO | 0F SI | | 10 DLE| 11 DC1| 12 DC2| 13 DC3| 14 DC4| 15 NAK| 16 SYN| 17 ETB| | 18 CAN| 19 EM | 1A SUB| 1B ESC| 1C FS | 1D GS | 1E RS | 1F US | | 20 SP | 21 ! | 22 " | 23 # | 24 $ | 25 % | 26 & | 27 ' | | 28 ( | 29 ) | 2A * | 2B + | 2C , | 2D - | 2E . | 2F / | | 30 0 | 31 1 | 32 2 | 33 3 | 34 4 | 35 5 | 36 6 | 37 7 | | 38 8 | 39 9 | 3A : | 3B ; | 3C < | 3D = | 3E > | 3F ? | | 40 @ | 41 A | 42 B | 43 C | 44 D | 45 E | 46 F | 47 G | | 48 H | 49 I | 4A J | 4B K | 4C L | 4D M | 4E N | 4F O | | 50 P | 51 Q | 52 R | 53 S | 54 T | 55 U | 56 V | 57 W | | 58 X | 59 Y | 5A Z | 5B [ | 5C \ | 5D ] | 5E ^ | 5F _ | | 60 ` | 61 a | 62 b | 63 c | 64 d | 65 e | 66 f | 67 g | | 68 h | 69 i | 6A j | 6B k | 6C l | 6D m | 6E n | 6F o | | 70 p | 71 q | 72 r | 73 s | 74 t | 75 u | 76 v | 77 w | | 78 x | 79 y | 7A z | 7B { | 7C | | 7D } | 7E ~ | 7F DEL| Decimal - Character | 0 NUL| 1 SOH| 2 STX| 3 ETX| 4 EOT| 5 ENQ| 6 ACK| 7 BEL| | 8 BS | 9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI | | 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB| | 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US | | 32 SP | 33 ! | 34 " | 35 # | 36 $ | 37 % | 38 & | 39 ' | | 40 ( | 41 ) | 42 * | 43 + | 44 , | 45 - | 46 . | 47 / | | 48 0 | 49 1 | 50 2 | 51 3 | 52 4 | 53 5 | 54 6 | 55 7 | | 56 8 | 57 9 | 58 : | 59 ; | 60 < | 61 = | 62 > | 63 ? | | 64 @ | 65 A | 66 B | 67 C | 68 D | 69 E | 70 F | 71 G | | 72 H | 73 I | 74 J | 75 K | 76 L | 77 M | 78 N | 79 O | | 80 P | 81 Q | 82 R | 83 S | 84 T | 85 U | 86 V | 87 W | | 88 X | 89 Y | 90 Z | 91 [ | 92 \ | 93 ] | 94 ^ | 95 _ | | 96 ` | 97 a | 98 b | 99 c |100 d |101 e |102 f |103 g | |104 h |105 i |106 j |107 k |108 l |109 m |110 n |111 o | |112 p |113 q |114 r |115 s |116 t |117 u |118 v |119 w | |120 x |121 y |122 z |123 { |124 | |125 } |126 ~ |127 DEL| FILES /usr/pub/ascii Online chart of octal and hexadecimal values for the ASCII character set. 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