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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 3 May 1997.
Re: Looking for Chart of Ascii Characters

Re: Looking for Chart of Ascii Characters


dsk...@cameonet.cameo.com.twx (Dan Strychalski) writes:
>JeePster (sba...@erols.com) wrote --
>
>> I'm looking for a chart of all possible text and ascii characters as...

>You contradict yourself. Any character for which you must use Alt is by
>definition a non-ASCII character. (You *can* use Alt for ASCII
>characters, but even krazy keyboarders like me prefer the QWERTY keys.)
>One ASCII chart comin' up....

>  ASCII Characters and Their Assigned Values in Decimal and Hexadecimal


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.

>The following characters might display differently on a very small number
>of machines (the names I give are what these characters SHOULD display as): 
>
>   # $ @ -- number sign, dollar sign, commercial "at" symbol
>   [ \ ] -- left square bracket, backslash, right square bracket
>   ^ ` ~ -- circumflex accent, grave accent, tilde
>   { | } -- left brace (or "curly bracket"), vertical bar, right brace

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From: bha...@netcom.com (Roberta Hatch)
Subject: Re: Looking for Chart of Ascii Characters
Date: 1997/05/03
Message-ID: <bha...@netcom.com>
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Organization: Dykes on Bikes, San Francisco, Ca.
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