Jul 16
Did you know? You can type ASCII characters into any application. Press and hold the Left-Alt key, then using the numeric keypad, type the four-digit decimal number for the ASCII character you want, then release the Left-Alt key. For example, to type è, press and hold Left-Alt, then type 0232 on the numeric keypad. When you release the Left-Alt key, è will be typed.
Here is the world famous ASCII table:
| Decimal | Hex | Char | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 128 | 80 | € | euro sign |
| 129 | 81 | undefined | |
| 130 | 82 | ‚ | single low-9 quote |
| 131 | 83 | ƒ | lowercase f hook |
| 132 | 84 | „ | double low-9 quote |
| 133 | 85 | … | ellipses |
| 134 | 86 | † | dagger |
| 135 | 87 | ‡ | double dagger |
| 136 | 88 | ˆ | circumflex |
| 137 | 89 | ‰ | per mille sign |
| 138 | 8A | Š | uppercase s caron |
| 139 | 8B | ‹ | left angle quote |
| 140 | 8C | Π| uppercase ligature oe |
| 141 | 8D | | undefined |
| 142 | 8E | Ž | uppercase z caron |
| 143 | 8F | | undefined |
| 144 | 90 | | undefined |
| 145 | 91 | ‘ | left single quote |
| 146 | 92 | ’ | right single quote |
| 147 | 93 | “ | left double quote |
| 148 | 94 | ” | right double quote |
| 149 | 95 | • | bullet |
| 150 | 96 | – | en dash |
| 151 | 97 | — | em dash |
| 152 | 98 | ˜ | small tilde |
| 153 | 99 | ™ | trademark |
| 154 | 9A | š | lowercase s caron |
| 155 | 9B | › | right angle quote |
| 156 | 9C | œ | lowercase ligature oe |
| 157 | 9D | | undefined |
| 158 | 9E | ž | lowercase z caron |
| 159 | 9F | Ÿ | uppercase y diaeresis |
| 160 | A0 | no-break space | |
| 161 | A1 | ¡ | inverted exclamation point |
| 162 | A2 | ¢ | cent sign |
| 163 | A3 | £ | pound sign |
| 164 | A4 | ¤ | currency sign |
| 165 | A5 | ¥ | yen sign |
| 166 | A6 | ¦ | broken bar |
| 167 | A7 | § | section sign |
| 168 | A8 | ¨ | diaeresis |
| 169 | A9 | © | copyright sign |
| 170 | AA | ª | feminine ordinal indicator |
| 171 | AB | « | left angle double quote |
| 172 | AC | ¬ | not sign |
| 173 | AD | | soft hyphen |
| 174 | AE | ® | registered sign |
| 175 | AF | ¯ | macron |
| 176 | B0 | ° | degree sign |
| 177 | B1 | ± | plus-minus sign |
| 178 | B2 | ² | superscript 2 |
| 179 | B3 | ³ | superscript 3 |
| 180 | B4 | ´ | acute accent |
| 181 | B5 | µ | micro sign |
| 182 | B6 | ¶ | paragraph sign |
| 183 | B7 | · | middle dot |
| 184 | B8 | ¸ | cedilla |
| 185 | B9 | ¹ | superscript 1 |
| 186 | BA | º | masculine ordinal indicator |
| 187 | BB | » | right angle double quote |
| 188 | BC | ¼ | one quarter |
| 189 | BD | ½ | one half |
| 190 | BE | ¾ | three quarters |
| 191 | BF | ¿ | inverted question mark |
| 192 | C0 | À | uppercase a grave |
| 193 | C1 | Á | uppercase a acute |
| 194 | C2 | Â | uppercase a circumflex |
| 195 | C3 | Ã | uppercase a tilde |
| 196 | C4 | Ä | uppercase a diaeresis |
| 197 | C5 | Å | uppercase a ring above |
| 198 | C6 | Æ | uppercase ligature ae |
| 199 | C7 | Ç | uppercase c cedilla |
| 200 | C8 | È | uppercase e grave |
| 201 | C9 | É | uppercase e acute |
| 202 | CA | Ê | uppercase e circumflex |
| 203 | CB | Ë | uppercase e diaeresis |
| 204 | CC | Ì | uppercase i grave |
| 205 | CD | Í | uppercase i acute |
| 206 | CE | Î | uppercase i circumflex |
| 207 | CF | Ï | uppercase i diaeresis |
| 208 | D0 | Ð | uppercase eth |
| 209 | D1 | Ñ | uppercase n tilde |
| 210 | D2 | Ò | uppercase o grave |
| 211 | D3 | Ó | uppercase o acute |
| 212 | D4 | Ô | uppercase o circumflex |
| 213 | D5 | Õ | uppercase o tilde |
| 214 | D6 | Ö | uppercase o diaeresis |
| 215 | D7 | × | multiplication sign |
| 216 | D8 | Ø | uppercase o stroke |
| 217 | D9 | Ù | uppercase u grave |
| 218 | DA | Ú | uppercase u acute |
| 219 | DB | Û | uppercase u circumflex |
| 220 | DC | Ü | uppercase u diaeresis |
| 221 | DD | Ý | uppercase y acute |
| 222 | DE | Þ | uppercase thorn |
| 223 | DF | ß | lowercase sharp s |
| 224 | E0 | à | lowercase a grave |
| 225 | E1 | á | lowercase a acute |
| 226 | E2 | â | lowercase a circumflex |
| 227 | E3 | ã | lowercase a tilde |
| 228 | E4 | ä | lowercase a diaeresis |
| 229 | E5 | å | lowercase a ring above |
| 230 | E6 | æ | lowercase ligature ae |
| 231 | E7 | ç | lowercase c cedilla |
| 232 | E8 | è | lowercase e grave |
| 233 | E9 | é | lowercase e acute |
| 234 | EA | ê | lowercase e circumflex |
| 235 | EB | ë | lowercase e diaeresis |
| 236 | EC | ì | lowercase i grave |
| 237 | ED | í | lowercase i acute |
| 238 | EE | î | lowercase i circumflex |
| 239 | EF | ï | lowercase i diaeresis |
| 240 | F0 | ð | lowercase eth |
| 241 | F1 | ñ | lowercase n tilde |
| 242 | F2 | ò | lowercase o grave |
| 243 | F3 | ó | lowercase o acute |
| 244 | F4 | ô | lowercase o circumflex |
| 245 | F5 | õ | lowercase o tilde |
| 246 | F6 | ö | lowercase o diaeresis |
| 247 | F7 | ÷ | division sign |
| 248 | F8 | ø | lowercase o stroke |
| 249 | F9 | ù | lowercase u grave |
| 250 | FA | ú | lowercase u acute |
| 251 | FB | û | lowercase u circumflex |
| 252 | FC | ü | lowercase u diaeresis |
| 253 | FD | ý | lowercase y acute |
| 254 | FE | þ | lowercase thorn |
| 255 | FF | ÿ | lowercase y diaeresis |
Thats fine but can u tell me the ASCII char of f5 in the keyboard
Hi Ramesh,
F5 does not generate an ASCII character. However, for .NET, F5 does generate a Keys enumeration code of Keys.F5.
you say: “type the four-digit decimal number for the ASCII character”
How about typing only the three-digit decimal number, instead for example typing 0232 when i type 232 the character is another one, is different from the table you ve posted. I have found other chars in http://www.asciitable.com/ since decimal number 128.
Holding ALT while typing only 3 numbers produces a different set of characters. I’m unsure which character set is generated by that method, but you can see the list here:
http://www.forlang.wsu.edu/help/keyboards.asp
It should be noted that this is NOT the second half of the ascii table, but the characters from the Windows-1252 codepage.
Pure ASCII contains only characters with a value of 0 to 127.
Can anyone tell me how to use an ascii character in chat e.g. Skype? Nothing happens at all when I hold down the Alt key and type a number.