Re: mini FAQ
From Gerfried Fuchs <use...@pinguin.pte.at>
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· 31 Oct 2001 15:02 · View full thread
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* CJRandall <col...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk> [2001-10-27 23:31]: ["what is ascii?"] > it is answered in the real FAQ ... > unable to describe in just a few words Of course it is quite simple: ASCII Character Table The numbers show you the hex-code of ===================== the characters (e.g. the letter 'C' has xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx the code 43). `. 0123456789ABCDEF `,----------------. 2x | !"#$%&'()*+,-./|. 3x |0123456789:;<=>?|| 4x |@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO|| 5x |PQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_|| Also you should see this as a box. 6x |`abcdefghijklmno|| If you don't then you have to change 7x |pqrstuvwxyz{|}~ || to a fixed-width font (e.g. COURIER). `----------------'| `----------------' Use only these characters and you will [alf] have more fun in news:alt.ascii-art I don't exactly remember when I've done it, but you can of course strip it down to the absolute minimum, like this: !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>? | Only the characters that you can find @ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_ | on the left are called ASCII, you `abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~ | shouldn't use any other. [alf] Feel free to use any version, of course. So long! Alfie -- You never learn anything | /"""""\ ,'~~. by doing it right. | / chaos \ alfie.ist.org |o ?~\ -- unknown | \inside!/ alf...@ist.org /_ ~<\ | \_____/ \__,~ \>
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