ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is a widely-used character encoding standard that assigns numeric values to represent characters in electronic communication. Understanding ASCII is essential for anyone working with computers, as it forms the basis for encoding text and symbols in digital form.
What is ASCII?
ASCII assigns a unique numerical value to each character, including letters, numbers, punctuation marks, and control characters. These numerical values range from 0 to 127 and are represented in binary format, making it easy for computers to store and process textual data.
The ASCII Code Chart
Below is a comprehensive ASCII code chart showcasing the decimal values along with their corresponding characters:
ASCII Code Chart
| Dec | Char | Dec | Char | Dec | Char | Dec | Char |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | NUL | 32 | SPACE | 64 | @ | 96 | ` |
| 1 | SOH | 33 | ! | 65 | A | 97 | a |
| 2 | STX | 34 | “ | 66 | B | 98 | b |
| 3 | ETX | 35 | # | 67 | C | 99 | c |
| 4 | EOT | 36 | $ | 68 | D | 100 | d |
| 5 | ENQ | 37 | % | 69 | E | 101 | e |
| 6 | ACK | 38 | & | 70 | F | 102 | f |
| 7 | BEL | 39 | ‘ | 71 | G | 103 | g |
| 8 | BS | 40 | ( | 72 | H | 104 | h |
| 9 | TAB | 41 | ) | 73 | I | 105 | i |
| 10 | LF | 42 | * | 74 | J | 106 | j |
| 11 | VT | 43 | + | 75 | K | 107 | k |
| 12 | FF | 44 | , | 76 | L | 108 | l |
| 13 | CR | 45 | – | 77 | M | 109 | m |
| 14 | SO | 46 | . | 78 | N | 110 | n |
| 15 | SI | 47 | / | 79 | O | 111 | o |
| 16 | DLE | 48 | 0 | 80 | P | 112 | p |
| 17 | DC1 | 49 | 1 | 81 | Q | 113 | q |
| 18 | DC2 | 50 | 2 | 82 | R | 114 | r |
| 19 | DC3 | 51 | 3 | 83 | S | 115 | s |
| 20 | DC4 | 52 | 4 | 84 | T | 116 | t |
| 21 | NAK | 53 | 5 | 85 | U | 117 | u |
| 22 | SYN | 54 | 6 | 86 | V | 118 | v |
| 23 | ETB | 55 | 7 | 87 | W | 119 | w |
| 24 | CAN | 56 | 8 | 88 | X | 120 | x |
| 25 | EM | 57 | 9 | 89 | Y | 121 | y |
| 26 | SUB | 58 | : | 90 | Z | 122 | z |
| 27 | ESC | 59 | ; | 91 | [ | 123 | { |
| 28 | FS | 60 | < | 92 | \ | 124 | | |
| 29 | GS | 61 | = | 93 | ] | 125 | } |
| 30 | RS | 62 | > | 94 | ^ | 126 | ~ |
| 31 | US | 63 | ? | 95 | _ | 127 | DEL |