Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 14 Nov 1996.
infinity
alt.ascii-art
· 6 messages · 14 Nov 1996 - 19 Nov 1996
I have got a very simple and maybe stupid question, but I hope the ASCII-Wizzards of the world can answer it: Is the infinity symbol (the sleeping 8) an ASCII Symbol? If yes, what is its number? My ASCII table says "no", but I just can't believe it. Consider yourself being kissed and huged with thankfulness. Uli uli...@mach.uni-karlsruhe.de
On Thu, 14 Nov 1996 20:11:16 +0100, Bernd Kleinpass <ber...@mach.uni-karlsruhe.de> wrote: >I have got a very simple and maybe stupid question, but I hope the >ASCII-Wizzards of the world can answer it: > >Is the infinity symbol (the sleeping 8) an ASCII Symbol? > >If yes, what is its number? > >My ASCII table says "no", but I just can't believe it. I'm afraid you owe your ASCII table an apology. Whatever else it might be in some math or other font, it is NOT an ASCII character. >Consider yourself being kissed and huged with thankfulness. Since I don't know you, you'll forgive me if I pass? ;) Alan
Alan Popow (ala...@netcom.ca) wrote:
:On Thu, 14 Nov 1996 20:11:16 +0100, Bernd Kleinpass
:<ber...@mach.uni-karlsruhe.de> wrote:
:>I have got a very simple and maybe stupid question, but I hope the
:>ASCII-Wizzards of the world can answer it:
:>
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infinity??
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~ >Is the infinity symbol (the sleeping 8) an ASCII Symbol? ~ > ~ >If yes, what is its number? On the Macintosh, it can be typed by typing option-5 It's code number is 176 ($B0). However, since on the IBM it is a different code number (I'm not sure what, though), I guess it really isn't ASCII (no character over 128 ($7F) is, actually.) Jeremy Olson = ols...@ici.net http://www.ici.net/cust_pages/olson/olson.html
On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, Bernd Kleinpass wrote: > Is the infinity symbol (the sleeping 8) an ASCII Symbol? > If yes, what is its number? > My ASCII table says "no", but I just can't believe it. > Consider yourself being kissed and huged with thankfulness. > Uli > uli...@mach.uni-karlsruhe.de Extended ASCII Characters in Windows and Help Files Actually, none of the extended ASCII figures appear in most Windows files according to the standard character set. This XASCII Help file shows you what each extended ASCII character number actually produces in a Help file and most other Windows files. If you have tried all these then that is it! Sorry. 145 146 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 ASCII characters 127-144, and 147-159 are null in Windows and Help files, they produce a black area on the screen (). Character 160 produces a space which can act as a "hard space." later, Jon Melusky PS The above help file was written by the great James Bair, P.O. Box 203, Shelton CT 06484-0203, USA. All work done by him and his teachers too probably. (^:=
On Sun, 17 Nov 1996 10:14:30 -0800, "J. Melusky" <wha...@u.washington.edu> wrote: >Extended ASCII Characters in Windows and Help Files > >Actually, none of the extended ASCII figures appear in most Windows files >according to the standard character set. This XASCII Help file shows you >what each extended ASCII character number actually produces in a Help file >and most other Windows files. > >ASCII characters 127-144, and 147-159 are null in Windows and Help files, >they produce a black area on the screen (). Character 160 produces a >space which can act as a "hard space." The thing is that the characters above 127 are "extended characters" NOT "extended ASCII characters". There is nothing defined (or ascii) about any of the extended characters. Mac will do one thing, IBM another etc. The ASCII characters (127 and below) are defined the same way on all systems that use ascii. That's why different system can actually exchange meaningful information. Alan
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