ASCII codes are used in UNIX and DOS-based computers to represent plain text. IBM System 390 computers use their own set of codes, called EBCDIC.

A new standard, called Unicode (Unicode Worldwide Character Standard), is used on Windows NT computers. IE4+ and Netscape 4+ understand Unicode and its use is spreading. Unicode version 3.0 contains 49,194 characters from the scripts used to write the major languages of the world. In addition to letters and numbers, Unicode includes punctuation, mathematical and technical symbols, geometric shapes, dingbats, and Braille patterns. Unicode contains the standard ASCII codes as a subset.

Tables below show the ASCII and EBCDIC code sets. The symbol means that the current font does not contain the symbol. For example 0128 has recently been changed to , the new Euro currency symbol, but older fonts will not have that symbol. For images of the complete tables, see www.asciitable.com

To see the glyphs for Unicode you need to go to the Unicode site: Unicode 2.1 charts. There are some scripts here that are very different from what you see on this page! 

Standard ASCII (just the alphanumeric characters)

33	!		49	1		65	A		81	Q		97	a		113	q
34	"		50	2		66	B		82	R		98	b		114	r
35	#		51	3		67	C		83	S		99	c		115	s
36	$		52	4		68	D		84	T		100	d		116	t
37	%		53	5		69	E		85	U		101	e		117	u
38	&		54	6		70	F		86	V		102	f		118	v
39	'		55	7		71	G		87	W		103	g		119	w
40	(		56	8		72	H		88	X		104	h		120	x
41	)		57	9		73	I		89	Y		105	i		121	y
42	*		58	:		74	J		90	Z		106	j		122	z
43	+		59	;		75	K		91	[		107	k		123	{
44	,		60	<		76	L		92	\		108	l		124	|
45	-		61	=		77	M		93	]		109	m		125	}
46	.		62	>		78	N		94	^		110	n		126	~
47	/		63	?		79	O		95	_		111	o		127	_
48	0		64	@		80	P		96	`		112	p

Extended ASCII characters

128	€		144	�		160			176	°		193	Á		209	Ñ		225	á		241	ñ
129			145	‘		161	¡		177	±		194	Â		210	Ò		226	â		242	ò
130	‚		146	’		162	¢		178	²		195	Ã		211	Ó		227	ã		243	ó
131	ƒ		147	“		163	£		179	³		196	Ä		212	Ô		228	ä		244	ô
132	„		148	”		164	¤		180	´		197	Å		213	Õ		229	å		245	õ
133	…		149	•		165	¥		181	µ		198	Æ		214	Ö		230	æ		246	ö
134	†		150	–		166	¦		182	¶		199	ç		215	×		231	ç		247	÷
135	‡		151	—		167	§		183	·		200	È		216	Ø		232	è		248	ø
136	ˆ		152	˜		168	¨		184	¸		201	É		217	Ù		233	é		249	ù
137	‰		153	™		169	©		185	¹		202	Ê		218	Ú		234	ê		250	ú
138	Š		154	š		170	ª		186	V		203	Ë		219	Û		235	ë		251	û
139	‹		156	œ		171	«		187	»		204	Ì		220	Ü		236	ì		252	ü
140	Œ		157			172	¬		188	¼		205	Í		221	Ý		237	í		253	ý
141			158	ž		173	­­		189	½		206	Î		222	Þ		238	î		254	þ
142	Ž		159	Ÿ		174	®		190	¾		207	Ï		223	ß		239	ï		255	ÿ
143			192	À		175	¯		191	¿		208	Ð		224	à		240	ð

EBCDIC Codes

Decimal |	Hexadecimal |	Character		Decimal |	Hexadecimal |	Character
129	81	a		194	C2	B
130	82	b		195	C3	C
131	83	c		196	C4	D
132	84	d		197	C5	E
133	85	e		198	C6	F
134	86	f		199	C7	G
135	87	g		200	C8	H
136	88	h		201	C9	I
137	89	i		209	D1	J
145	91	j		210	D2	K
146	92	k		211	D3	L
147	93	l		212	D4	M
148	94	m		213	D5	N
149	95	n		214	D6	O
150	96	o		215	D7	P
151	97	p		216	D8	Q
152	98	q		217	D9	R
153	99	r		226	E2	S
162	A2	s		227	E3	T
163	A3	t		228	E4	U
164	A4	u		229	E5	V
165	A5	v		230	E6	W
166	A6	w		231	E7	X
167	A7	x		232	E8	Y
168	A8	y		233	E9	Z
169	A9	z		64	40	blank
240	F0	0		75	4B	.
241	F1	1		76	4C	<
242	F2	2		77	4D	(
243	F3	3		78	4E	+
244	F4	4		79	4F	|
245	F5	5		80	50	&
246	F6	6		90	5A	!
247	F7	7		91	5B	$
248	F8	8		92	5C	*
249	F9	9		93	5D	)
122	7A	:		94	5E	;
123	7B	#		96	60	-
124	7C	@		97	61	/
125	7D	'		107	6B	,
126	7E	=		108	6C	%
127	7F	"		109	6D	_
193	C1	A		110	6E	>
				111	6F	?

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2008