ASCII Character Chart

To keep things simple, if you count from 0 up to 254, here are some milestones:

• 32 is a space
• 48 to 57 are our numbers 0-9
• 65 to 90 are the capital letters A-Z
• 97 to 122 are the lowercase letters a-z

There is method to this madness. Ever wonder why things sort the way they do on your computer? It is really a numerical sort, but not using numbers the way we use them! That is why on many systems, this would be considered sorted:

100 5 9 X Y Z a b c

Of course, most sort routines allow you to overide what is considered the true ASCII sort sequence.

What do I need an ASCII chart for anyway?
As you might have already noticed, you can display certain characters such as:

< & > or ©

So instead we use special codes to do what is above.

&#60; &#38; &#62; or &#169;

Having a chart like this can be a great timesaver when you need to know what number makes what character.

How do I use this chart?
If you want to display the © (copyright) symbol, you would look for it on the chart under SHOWS, and then use the code under HTML. In this example that would be &#169;