Ascii code
ASCII stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. Before the introduction of Unicode, ASCII was the de facto character set for digital computing. Nowadays ASCII is widely considered as an arbitrary and useless character set. However, it is still in use on Windows systems.
This page is meant especially for Windows users. While under Linux and MacOSCX Unicode is de facto the only character set, under Windows using the Ascii position is still quite common for Western European languages.
Under Windows, in order to enter extended Ascii characters that are not present on the keyboard you just enter Alt + (Ascii position).
For instance, to enter ñ under Windows just type: Alt + 164, see table below.
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
3 | ! | " | # | $ | % | & | ' | |||
4 | ( | ) | * | + | , | - | . | / | 0 | 1 |
5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | : | ; |
6 | < | = | > | ? | @ | A | B | C | D | E |
7 | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O |
8 | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y |
9 | Z | [ | \ | ] | ^ | _ | ` | a | b | c |
10 | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m |
11 | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w |
12 | x | y | z | { | | | } | ~ | Ç | ü | |
13 | é | â | ä | à | å | ç | ê | ë | è | ï |
14 | î | ì | Ä | Å | É | æ | Æ | ô | ö | ò |
15 | û | ù | ÿ | Ö | Ü | ø | £ | Ø | × | ƒ |
16 | á | í | ó | ú | ñ | Ñ | ª | º | ¿ | ® |
17 | ¬ | ½ | ¼ | ¡ | « | » | ░ | ▒ | ▓ | │ |
18 | ┤ | Á | Â | À | © | ╣ | ║ | ╗ | ╝ | ¢ |
19 | ¥ | ┐ | └ | ┴ | ┬ | ├ | ─ | ┼ | ã | Ã |
20 | ╚ | ╔ | ╩ | ╦ | ╠ | ═ | ╬ | ¤ | ð | Ð |
21 | Ê | Ë | È | ı | Í | Î | Ï | ┘ | ┌ | █ |
22 | ▄ | ¦ | Ì | ▀ | Ó | ß | Ô | Ò | õ | Õ |
23 | µ | þ | Þ | Ú | Û | Ù | ý | Ý | ¯ | ´ |
24 | | ± | ‗ | ¾ | ¶ | § | ÷ | ¸ | ° | ¨ |
25 | · | ¹ | ³ | ² | ■ | |||||
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
Unicode equivalents of extended Ascii
Here is a list of the unicode equivalents of the symbols defined in extended Ascii.
To enter the symbol in Linux type Ctrl+⇧(Shift)+U and then the hexadecimal code.
For instance, to enter ñ in Linux just type: Ctrl+⇧(Shift)+U, and then 00F1. Observe, that the hex number to enter has to be four digit, so in this case filled up with zeroes in front.
To enter the symbol in Mac OS type ⌥ (Alt) + hexadecimal code.
For instance, to enter ñ in Mac OS type: ⌥ (Alt) + 00F1. Observe, that the hex number to enter has to be four digit, so in this case filled up with zeroes in front.
To create the HTML code for special characters, enter: + decimal code + ;
That means in order to create the letter ñ enter: ñ
Meaning | dec. | hex. | |
" | quotation mark | 34 | 0022 |
# | number sign | 35 | 0023 |
$ | Dollar sign | 36 | 0024 |
% | percent sign | 37 | 0025 |
& | ampersand | 38 | 0026 |
' | apostrophe | 39 | 0027 |
( | left parenthesis | 40 | 0028 |
) | right parenhesis | 41 | 0029 |
* | asterisk | 42 | 002A |
+ | plus sign | 43 | 002B |
, | comma | 44 | 002C |
- | hyphen, minus | 45 | 002D |
. | full stop | 46 | 002E |
/ | solidus | 47 | 002F |
0 | digit zero | 48 | 0030 |
1 | digit one | 49 | 0031 |
2 | digit two | 50 | 0032 |
3 | digit three | 51 | 0033 |
4 | digit four | 52 | 0034 |
5 | digit five | 53 | 0035 |
6 | digit six | 54 | 0036 |
7 | digit seven | 55 | 0037 |
8 | digit eight | 56 | 0038 |
9 | digit nine | 57 | 0039 |
: | digit ten | 58 | 003A |
; | semicolon | 59 | 003B |
< | less than | 60 | 003C |
= | equals sign | 61 | 003D |
> | greater than | 62 | 003E |
? | question mark | 63 | 003F |
@ | fullwidth commercial at | 64 | 0040 |
A | Latin capital letter A | 65 | 0041 |
B | Latin capital letter B | 66 | 0042 |
C | Latin capital letter C | 67 | 0043 |
D | Latin capital letter D | 68 | 0044 |
E | Latin capital letter E | 69 | 0045 |
F | Latin capital letter F | 70 | 0046 |
G | Latin capital letter G | 71 | 0047 |
H | Latin capital letter H | 72 | 0048 |
I | Latin capital letter I (i) | 73 | 0049 |
J | Latin capital letter J | 74 | 004A |
K | Latin capital letter K | 75 | 004B |
L | Latin capital letter L | 76 | 004C |
M | Latin capital letter M | 77 | 004D |
N | Latin capital letter N | 78 | 004E |
O | Latin capital letter O | 79 | 004F |
P | Latin capital letter P | 80 | 0050 |
Q | Latin capital letter Q | 81 | 0051 |
R | Latin capital letter R | 82 | 0052 |
S | Latin capital letter S | 83 | 0053 |
T | Latin capital letter T | 84 | 0054 |
U | Latin capital letter U | 85 | 0055 |
V | Latin capital letter V | 86 | 0056 |
W | Latin capital letter W | 87 | 0057 |
X | Latin capital letter X | 88 | 0058 |
Y | Latin capital letter Y | 89 | 0059 |
Z | Latin capital letter Z | 90 | 005A |
[ | left square bracket | 91 | 005B |
\ | reverse solidus | 92 | 005C |
] | right square bracket | 93 | 005D |
^ | circumflex accent | 94 | 005E |
_ | low line | 95 | 005F |
` | grave accent | 96 | 0060 |
a | Latin small letter A | 97 | 0061 |
b | Latin small letter B | 98 | 0062 |
c | Latin small letter C | 99 | 0063 |
d | Latin small letter D | 100 | 0064 |
e | Latin small letter E | 101 | 0065 |
f | Latin small letter F | 102 | 0066 |
g | Latin small letter G | 103 | 0067 |
h | Latin small letter H | 104 | 0068 |
i | Latin small letter I (i) | 105 | 0069 |
j | Latin small letter J | 106 | 006A |
k | Latin small letter K | 107 | 006B |
l | Latin small letter L | 108 | 006C |
m | Latin small letter M | 109 | 006D |
n | Latin small letter N | 110 | 006E |
o | Latin small letter O | 111 | 006F |
p | Latin small letter P | 112 | 0070 |
q | Latin small letter Q | 113 | 0071 |
r | Latin small letter R | 114 | 0072 |
s | Latin small letter S | 115 | 0073 |
t | Latin small letter T | 116 | 0074 |
u | Latin small letter U | 117 | 0075 |
v | Latin small letter V | 118 | 0076 |
w | Latin small letter W | 119 | 0077 |
x | Latin small letter X | 120 | 0078 |
y | Latin small letter Y | 121 | 0079 |
z | Latin small letter Z | 122 | 007A |
{ | left curly bracket | 123 | 007B |
| | vertical line (pipe) | 124 | 007C |
} | right curly bracket | 125 | 007D |
~ | tilde | 126 | 007E |
| DELETE | 127 | 007F |
| Euro sign | 128 | 0080 |
| CONTROL | 129 | 0081 |
| BREAK PERMITTED HERE | 130 | 0082 |
| NO BREAK PERMITTED HERE | 131 | 0083 |
| CONTROL | 132 | 0084 |
NEXT LINE | 133 | 0085 | |
| dagger | 134 | 0086 |
| double dagger | 135 | 0087 |
| CHARACTER TABULATION SET | 136 | 0088 |
| per mille | 137 | 0089 |
| LINE TABULATION SET | 138 | 008A |
| PARTIAL LINE FORWARD | 139 | 008B |
| PARTIAL LINE BACKWARD | 140 | 008C |
| REVERSE LINE FEED | 141 | 008D |
| SINGLE SHIFT TWO | 142 | 008E |
| SINGLE SHIFT THREE | 143 | 008F |
| DEVICE CONTROL STRING | 144 | 0090 |
| PRIVATE USE ONE | 145 | 0091 |
| PRIVATE USE TWO | 146 | 0092 |
| SET TRANSMIT STATE | 147 | 0093 |
| CANCEL CHARACTER | 148 | 0094 |
| MESSAGE WAITING | 149 | 0095 |
| START OF GUARDED AREA | 150 | 0096 |
| END OF GUARDED AREA | 151 | 0097 |
| START OF STRING | 152 | 0098 |
| trademark | 153 | 0099 |
| SINGLE CHARACTER INTRODUCER | 154 | 009A |
| CONTROL SEQUENCE INTRODUCER | 155 | 009B |
| STRING TERMINATOR | 156 | 009C |
| OPERATING SYSTEM COMMAND | 157 | 009D |
| PRIVACY MESSAGE | 158 | 009E |
| APPLICATION PROGRAM COMMAND | 159 | 009F |
NO-BREAK SPACE | 160 | 00A0 | |
¡ | inverted exclamation mark | 161 | 00A1 |
¢ | Cent | 162 | 00A2 |
£ | Pound | 163 | 00A3 |
¤ | currency | 164 | 00A4 |
¥ | Yen | 165 | 00A5 |
¦ | broken vertical bar | 166 | 00A6 |
§ | section sign | 167 | 00A7 |
¨ | diaeresis (spacing diaeresis) | 168 | 00A8 |
© | copyright | 169 | 00A9 |
ª | feminine ordinal indicator | 170 | 00AA |
« | double left-pointing angle quotation mark | 171 | 00AB |
¬ | not sign | 172 | 00AC |
| soft or discretionary hyphen (only visible when breaking at the end of the line) | 173 | 00AD |
® | registered | 174 | 00AE |
¯ | macron, overline, overbar | 175 | 00AF |
° | degree symbol | 176 | 00B0 |
± | plus or minus sign | 177 | 00B1 |
² | superscript two | 178 | 00B2 |
³ | superscript three | 179 | 00B3 |
´ | acute accent | 180 | 00B4 |
µ | micro sign (from greek letter mu) | 181 | 00B5 |
¶ | paragraph sign | 182 | 00B6 |
· | middle dot | 183 | 00B7 |
¸ | cedilla (spacing cedilla) | 184 | 00B8 |
¹ | superscript one | 185 | 00B9 |
º | masculine ordinal indicator | 186 | 00BA |
» | double right-pointing angle quotation mark | 187 | 00BB |
¼ | fraction one quarter | 188 | 00BC |
½ | fraction one half | 189 | 00BD |
¾ | fraction three quarters | 190 | 00BE |
¿ | inverted question mark | 191 | 00BF |
À | capital letter A with grave | 192 | 00C0 |
Á | capital letter A with acute | 193 | 00C1 |
 | capital letter A with circumflex | 194 | 00C2 |
à | capital letter A with tilde | 195 | 00C3 |
Ä | capital letter A with diaeresis | 196 | 00C4 |
Å | capital letter A with ring above | 197 | 00C5 |
Æ | capital letter AE | 198 | 00C6 |
Ç | capital letter C with cedilla | 199 | 00C7 |
È | capital letter E with grave accent | 200 | 00C8 |
É | capital letter E with acute accent | 201 | 00C9 |
Ê | capital letter E with circumflex | 202 | 00CA |
Ë | capital letter E with diaeresis | 203 | 00CB |
Ì | capital letter i with grave accent | 204 | 00CC |
Í | capital letter i with grave accent | 205 | 00CD |
Î | capital letter i with circumflex | 206 | 00CE |
Ï | capital letter i with diaeresis | 207 | 00CF |
Ð | capital letter Eth | 208 | 00D0 |
Ñ | capital letter N with tilde | 209 | 00D1 |
Ò | capital letter O with grave accent | 210 | 00D2 |
Ó | capital letter O with acute accent | 211 | 00D3 |
Ô | capital letter O with diaeresis | 212 | 00D4 |
Õ | capital letter O with tilde | 213 | 00D5 |
Ö | capital letter O with diaeresis | 214 | 00D6 |
× | multiplication sign | 215 | 00D7 |
Ø | capital letter O with stroke | 216 | 00D8 |
Ù | capital letter U with grave accent | 217 | 00D9 |
Ú | capital letter U with acute accent | 218 | 00DA |
Û | capital letter U with circumflex | 219 | 00DB |
Ü | capital letter U with diaeresis | 220 | 00DC |
Ý | capital letter Y with acute accent | 221 | 00DD |
Þ | capital letter Thorn | 222 | 00DE |
ß | small letter sharp s (German Eszett) | 223 | 00DF |
à | small letter a with grave | 224 | 00E0 |
á | small letter a with acute | 225 | 00E1 |
â | small letter a with circumflex | 226 | 00E2 |
ã | small letter a with tilde | 227 | 00E3 |
ä | small letter a with diaeresis | 228 | 00E4 |
å | small letter a with ring above | 229 | 00E5 |
æ | small letter ae (ligature ae) | 230 | 00E6 |
ç | small letter c with cedilla | 231 | 00E7 |
è | small letter e with grave accent | 232 | 00E8 |
é | small letter e with acute accent | 233 | 00E9 |
ê | small letter e with circumflex | 234 | 00EA |
ë | small letter e with diaeresis | 235 | 00EB |
ì | small letter i with grave accent | 236 | 00EC |
í | small letter i with acute accent | 237 | 00ED |
î | small letter i with circumflex | 238 | 00EE |
ï | small letter i with diaeresis | 239 | 00EF |
ð | small letter eth | 240 | 00F0 |
ñ | small letter n with tilde | 241 | 00F1 |
ò | small letter o with grave accent | 242 | 00F2 |
ó | small letter o with acute accent | 243 | 00F3 |
ô | small letter o with circumflex | 244 | 00F4 |
õ | small letter o with tilde | 245 | 00F5 |
ö | small letter o with diaeresis | 246 | 00F6 |
÷ | division sign (obelus) | 247 | 00F7 |
ø | small letter o with stroke | 248 | 00F8 |
ù | small letter u with grave accent | 249 | 00F9 |
ú | small letter u with acute accent | 250 | 00FA |
û | small letter u with circumflex | 251 | 00FB |
ü | small letter u with diaeresis | 252 | 00FC |
ý | small letter y with acute accent | 253 | 00FD |
þ | small letter thorn | 254 | 00FE |
ÿ | small letter y with diaeresis | 255 | 00FF |