ASCII Chart

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This character set is as specified in ANS standards, and is known as the ASCII character set. It  has been extended to include Meta characters (characters with their top, or eighth, bit turned on).

decimal octal hex graphic name (meaning)
0. 000 00 ^@ NUL (used for padding)
1. 001 01 ^A SOH (start of header)
2. 002 02 ^B STX (start of text)
3. 003 03 ^C ETX (end of text)
4. 004 04 ^D EOT (end of transmission)
5. 005 05 ^E ENQ (enquiry)
6. 006 06 ^F ACK (acknowledge)
7. 007 07 ^G BEL (bell or alarm)
8. 010 08 ^H BS (backspace)
9. 011 09 ^I HT, TAB (horizontal tab)
10. 012 0A ^J LF (line feed)
11. 013 0B ^K VT (vertical tab)
12. 014 0C ^L FF (form feed, new page)
13. 015 0D ^M CR (carriage return)
14. 016 0E ^N SO (shift out)
15. 017 0F ^O SI (shift in)
16. 020 10 ^P DLE (data link escape)
17. 021 11 ^Q DC1, XON (device control 1)
18. 022 12 ^R DC2 (device control 2)
19. 023 13 ^S DC3, XOFF (device control 3)
20. 024 14 ^T DC4 (device control 4)
21. 025 15 ^U NAK (negative acknowledge)
22. 026 16 ^V SYN (synchronous idle)
23. 027 17 ^W ETB (end transmission block)
24. 030 18 ^X CAN (cancel)
25. 031 19 ^Y EM (end of medium)
26. 032 1A ^Z SUB (substitute)
27. 033 1B ^[ ESC (escape, alter mode, SEL)
28. 034 1C ^\ FS (file separator)
29. 035 1D ^] GS (group separator)
30. 036 1E ^^ RS (record separator)
31. 037 1F ^_ US (unit separator)
32. 040 20 space or blank
33. 041 21 ! exclamation mark
34. 042 22 “ double quote
35. 043 23 # number sign (hash mark)
36. 044 24 $ dollar sign
37. 045 25 % percent sign
38. 046 26 & ampersand sign
39. 047 27 ‘ single quote (apostrophe)
40. 050 28 ( left parenthesis
41. 051 29 ) right parenthesis
42. 052 2A * asterisk (star)
43. 053 2B + plus sign
44. 054 2C , comma
45. 055 2D – minus sign (dash)
46. 056 2E . period (decimal point, dot)
47. 057 2F / (right) slash
48. 060 30 0 numeral zero
49. 061 31 1 numeral one
50. 062 32 2 numeral two
51. 063 33 3 numeral three
52. 064 34 4 numeral four
53. 065 35 5 numeral five
54. 066 36 6 numeral six
55. 067 37 7 numeral seven
56. 070 38 8 numeral eight
57. 071 39 9 numeral nine
58. 072 3A : colon
59. 073 3B ; semi-colon
60. 074 3C < less-than sign
61. 075 3D = equal sign
62. 076 3E > greater-than sign
63. 077 3F ? question mark
64. 100 40 @ atsign
65. 101 41 A upper-case letter ALPHA
66. 102 42 B upper-case letter BRAVO
67. 103 43 C upper-case letter CHARLIE
68. 104 44 D upper-case letter DELTA
69. 105 45 E upper-case letter ECHO
70. 106 46 F upper-case letter FOXTROT
71. 107 47 G upper-case letter GOLF
72. 110 48 H upper-case letter HOTEL
73. 111 49 I upper-case letter INDIA
74. 112 4A J upper-case letter JERICHO
75. 113 4B K upper-case letter KAPPA
76. 114 4C L upper-case letter LIMA
77. 115 4D M upper-case letter MIKE
78. 116 4E N upper-case letter NOVEMBER
79. 117 4F O upper-case letter OSCAR
80. 120 50 P upper-case letter PAPPA
81. 121 51 Q upper-case letter QUEBEC
82. 122 52 R upper-case letter ROMEO
83. 123 53 S upper-case letter SIERRA
84. 124 54 T upper-case letter TANGO
85. 125 55 U upper-case letter UNICORN
86. 126 56 V upper-case letter VICTOR
87. 127 57 W upper-case letter WHISKEY
88. 130 58 X upper-case letter XRAY
89. 131 59 Y upper-case letter YANKEE
90. 132 5A Z upper-case letter ZEBRA
91. 133 5B [ left square bracket
92. 134 5C \ left slash (backslash)
93. 135 5D ] right square bracket
94. 136 5E ^ uparrow (caret)
95. 137 5F _ underscore
96. 140 60 ` (single) back quote (grave accent)
97. 141 61 a lower-case letter alpha
98. 142 62 b lower-case letter bravo
99. 143 63 c lower-case letter charlie
100. 144 64 d lower-case letter delta
101. 145 65 e lower-case letter echo
102. 146 66 f lower-case letter foxtrot
103. 147 67 g lower-case letter golf
104. 150 68 h lower-case letter hotel
105. 151 69 i lower-case letter india
106. 152 6A j lower-case letter jericho
107. 153 6B k lower-case letter kappa
108. 154 6C l lower-case letter lima
109. 155 6D m lower-case letter mike
110. 156 6E n lower-case letter november
111. 157 6F o lower-case letter oscar
112. 160 70 p lower-case letter pappa
113. 161 71 q lower-case letter quebec
114. 162 72 r lower-case letter romeo
115. 163 73 s lower-case letter sierra
116. 164 74 t lower-case letter tango
117. 165 75 u lower-case letter unicorn
118. 166 76 v lower-case letter victor
119. 167 77 w lower-case letter whiskey
120. 170 78 x lower-case letter xray
121. 171 79 y lower-case letter yankee
122. 172 7A z lower-case letter zebra
123. 173 7B { left curly brace
124. 174 7C | vertical bar
125. 175 7D } right curly brace
126. 176 7E ~ tilde
127. 177 7F ^? DEL (delete, rub out)
128. 200 80 ~^@ Meta NUL (used for padding)
129. 201 81 ~^A Meta SOH (start of header)
130. 202 82 ~^B Meta STX (start of text)
131. 203 83 ~^C Meta ETX (end of text)
132. 204 84 ~^D Meta EOT (end of transmission)
133. 205 85 ~^E Meta ENQ (enquiry)
134. 206 86 ~^F Meta ACK (ackowledge)
135. 207 87 ~^G Meta BEL (bell or alarm)
136. 210 88 ~^H Meta BS (backspace)
137. 211 89 ~^I Meta HT, TAB (horizontal tab)
138. 212 8A ~^J Meta LF (line feed)
139. 213 8B ~^K Meta VT (vertical tab)
140. 214 8C ~^L Meta FF (form feed, new page)
141. 215 8D ~^M Meta CR (carriage return)
142. 216 8E ~^N Meta SO (shift out)
143. 217 8F ~^O Meta SI (shift in)
144. 220 90 ~^P Meta DLE (data link escape)
145. 221 91 ~^Q Meta DC1, XON (device control 1)
146. 222 92 ~^R Meta DC2 (device control 2)
147. 223 93 ~^S Meta DC3, XOFF (device control 3)
148. 224 94 ~^T Meta DC4 (device control 4)
149. 225 95 ~^U Meta NAK (negative acknowledge)
150. 226 96 ~^V Meta SYN (synchronous idle)
151. 227 97 ~^W Meta ETB (end transmission block)
152. 230 98 ~^X Meta CAN (cancel)
153. 231 99 ~^Y Meta EM (end of medium)
154. 232 9A ~^Z Meta SUB (substitute)
155. 233 9B ~^[ Meta ESC (escape, alter mode, SEL)
156. 234 9C ~^\ Meta FS (file separator)
157. 235 9D ~^] Meta GS (group separator)
158. 236 9E ~^^ Meta RS (record separator)
159. 237 9F ~^_ Meta US (unit separator)
160. 240 A0 ~ Meta space
161. 241 A1 ~! Meta exclamation mark
162. 242 A2 ~” Meta double quote
163. 243 A3 ~# Meta number sign (hash mark)
164. 244 A4 ~$ Meta dollar sign
165. 245 A5 ~% Meta percent sign
166. 246 A6 ~& Meta ampersand sign
167. 247 A7 ~’ Meta single quote (apostrophe)
168. 250 A8 ~( Meta left parenthesis
169. 251 A9 ~) Meta right parenthesis
170. 252 AA ~* Meta asterisk (star)
171. 253 AB ~+ Meta plus sign
172. 254 AC ~, Meta comma
173. 255 AD ~- Meta minus sign (dash)
174. 256 AE ~. Meta period (decimal point, dot)
175. 257 AF ~/ Meta (right) slash
176. 260 B0 ~0 Meta numeral zero
177. 261 B1 ~1 Meta numeral one
178. 262 B2 ~2 Meta numeral two
179. 263 B3 ~3 Meta numeral three
180. 264 B4 ~4 Meta numeral four
181. 265 B5 ~5 Meta numeral five
182. 266 B6 ~6 Meta numeral six
183. 267 B7 ~7 Meta numeral seven
184. 270 B8 ~8 Meta numeral eight
185. 271 B9 ~9 Meta numeral nine
186. 272 BA ~: Meta colon
187. 273 BB ~; Meta semi-colon
188. 274 BC ~< Meta less-than sign
189. 275 BD ~= Meta equal sign
190. 276 BE ~> Meta greater-than sign
191. 277 BF ~? Meta question mark
192. 300 C0 ~@ Meta atsign
193. 301 C1 ~A Meta upper-case letter ALPHA
194. 302 C2 ~B Meta upper-case letter BRAVO
195. 303 C3 ~C Meta upper-case letter CHARLIE
196. 304 C4 ~D Meta upper-case letter DELTA
197. 305 C5 ~E Meta upper-case letter ECHO
198. 306 C6 ~F Meta upper-case letter FOXTROT
199. 307 C7 ~G Meta upper-case letter GOLF
200. 310 C8 ~H Meta upper-case letter HOTEL
201. 311 C9 ~I Meta upper-case letter INDIA
202. 312 CA ~J Meta upper-case letter JEHRICHO
203. 313 CB ~K Meta upper-case letter KAPPA
204. 314 CC ~L Meta upper-case letter LIMA
205. 315 CD ~M Meta upper-case letter MIKE
206. 316 CE ~N Meta upper-case letter NOVEMBER
207. 317 CF ~O Meta upper-case letter OSCAR
208. 320 D0 ~P Meta upper-case letter PAPPA
209. 321 D1 ~Q Meta upper-case letter QUEBEC
210. 322 D2 ~R Meta upper-case letter ROMEO
211. 323 D3 ~S Meta upper-case letter SIERRA
212. 324 D4 ~T Meta upper-case letter TANGO
213. 325 D5 ~U Meta upper-case letter UNICORN
214. 326 D6 ~V Meta upper-case letter VICTOR
215. 327 D7 ~W Meta upper-case letter WHISKEY
216. 330 D8 ~X Meta upper-case letter XRAY
217. 331 D9 ~Y Meta upper-case letter YANKEE
218. 332 DA ~Z Meta upper-case letter ZEBRA
219. 333 DB ~[ Meta left square bracket
220. 334 DC ~\ Meta left slash (backslash)
221. 335 DD ~] Meta right square bracket
222. 336 DE ~^ Meta uparrow (caret)
223. 337 DF ~_ Meta underscore
224. 340 E0 ~` Meta (single) back quote (grave acent)
225. 341 E1 ~a Meta lower-case letter alpha
226. 342 E2 ~b Meta lower-case letter bravo
227. 343 E3 ~c Meta lower-case letter charlie
228. 344 E4 ~d Meta lower-case letter delta
229. 345 E5 ~e Meta lower-case letter echo
230. 346 E6 ~f Meta lower-case letter foxtrot
231. 347 E7 ~g Meta lower-case letter golf
232. 350 E8 ~h Meta lower-case letter hotel
233. 351 E9 ~i Meta lower-case letter india
234. 352 EA ~j Meta lower-case letter jericho
235. 353 EB ~k Meta lower-case letter kappa
236. 354 EC ~l Meta lower-case letter lima
237. 355 ED ~m Meta lower-case letter mike
238. 356 EE ~n Meta lower-case letter november
239. 357 EF ~o Meta lower-case letter oscar
240. 360 F0 ~p Meta lower-case letter pappa
241. 361 F1 ~q Meta lower-case letter quebec
242. 362 F2 ~r Meta lower-case letter romeo
243. 363 F3 ~s Meta lower-case letter sierra
244. 364 F4 ~t Meta lower-case letter tango
245. 365 F5 ~u Meta lower-case letter unicorn
246. 366 F6 ~v Meta lower-case letter victor
247. 367 F7 ~w Meta lower-case letter whiskey
248. 370 F8 ~x Meta lower-case letter xray
249. 371 F9 ~y Meta lower-case letter yankee
250. 372 FA ~z Meta lower-case letter zebra
251. 373 FB ~{ Meta left curly brace
252. 374 FC ~| Meta vertical bar
253. 375 FD ~} Meta right curly brace
254. 376 FE ~~ Meta tilde
255. 377 FF ~^? Meta DEL (delete, rub out)

These forms can be used to prevent ambiguity:

decimal octal hex graphic name (meaning)
94. 136 5E ^ ^=
126. 176 7E ~ ^~
222. 336 DE ~^ ~^=
254. 376 FE ~~ ~^~

List of all 94 basic characters:

!”#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~