_____ _____ _____ /\ \ /\ \ /\ \ /::\ \ /XX\ \ /%%\ \ LS /::::\ \ /XXXX\ \ /%%%%\ \ _____ _____ /::::::\ \ /XXXXXX\ \ /%%%%%%\ \ /\ \ /\ \ /:::/\:::\ \ /XXX/\XXX\ \ /%%%/\%%%\ \ /..\ \ /;;\ \ /:::/__\:::\ \ /XXX/__\XXX\ \/%%%/ \%%%\ \ \...\ \ \;;;\ \ /::::\ \:::\ \\XXX\ \XXX\ \%%/ \%%%\ \/....\____\/;;;;\____\ /::::::\ \:::\ \\XXX\ \XXX\ \/ / \%%%\ \..../ /;;;;;/ / /:::/\:::\ \:::\ \\XXX\ \XXX\ \ / \%%%\ \/\/____/;;;/\/____/ /:::/ \:::\ \:::\____\\XXX\ \XXX\____\_/ \%%%\____\ / /;;;/ / \::/ \:::\ /:::/ / \XXX\ \XX/ / \ \%%/ / /_/;;;/ / \/____/ \:::\/:::/ / \XXX\ \/____/ \ /\\/____/ /\/;;;/ / \::::::/ /X\ \XXX\ \%%%\ \ /...../ /;;;;;/ / \::::/ /XXX\ \XXX\____\%%%\ \ \..../____/\;;;;/____/ /:::/ / \XXX\ /XXX/ /\%%%\ \ \...\____\ \;;;\____\ . /:::/ / \XXX\/XXX/ / \%%%\ . .\ \../ / \;;/ / . /:::/ /. \XXXXXX/ / \%.%\ \ \/____/ \/____/ . . /:::/ / . \XXXX/ / .\%%%\____\. . \::/ / . \XX/ / . \%%/ / . \/____/ \/____/ \/____/ _ . . (%) Lennert Stock . . ~ What is ASCII ? A set of symbols: =================================================================== }| No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these: |{ }| |{ }| 0 NUL| 1 SOH| 2 STX| 3 ETX| 4 EOT| 5 ENQ| 6 ACK| 7 BEL|{ }| 8 BS | 9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI |{ }| 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB|{ }| 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US |{ }| | |{ }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{ }| Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these: |{ }| |{ }| 32 SP | 33 ! | 34 " | 35 # | 36 $ | 37 % | 38 & | 39 ' |{ }| 40 ( | 41 ) | 42 * | 43 + | 44 , | 45 - | 46 . | 47 / |{ }| 48 0 | 49 1 | 50 2 | 51 3 | 52 4 | 53 5 | 54 6 | 55 7 |{ }| 56 8 | 57 9 | 58 : | 59 ; | 60 < | 61 = | 62 > | 63 ? |{ }| 64 @ | 65 A | 66 B | 67 C | 68 D | 69 E | 70 F | 71 G |{ }| 72 H | 73 I | 74 J | 75 K | 76 L | 77 M | 78 N | 79 O |{ }| 80 P | 81 Q | 82 R | 83 S | 84 T | 85 U | 86 V | 87 W |{ }| 88 X | 89 Y | 90 Z | 91 [ | 92 \ | 93 ] | 94 ^ | 95 _ |{ }| 96 ` | 97 a | 98 b | 99 c |100 d |101 e |102 f |103 g |{ }|104 h |105 i |106 j |107 k |108 l |109 m |110 n |111 o |{ }|112 p |113 q |114 r |115 s |116 t |117 u |118 v |119 w |{ }|120 x |121 y |122 z |123 { |124 | |125 } |126 ~ | |{ }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{ }| No, no, no, MUST'NT use this one either: |{ }| |127 DEL|{ =================================================================== VK+ejm And again from llizard aka ejm : ==================================== }ASCII character chart for dummies:{ ==================================== }|This chart should be symmetrical!{ }| If it isn't, change your font |{ }|til the i's and the m's line up.|{ }| |{ }|iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii|{ }|mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm|{ }| |{ }| SP ! " # $ % & ' |{ }| ( ) * + , - . / |{ }| 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |{ }| 8 9 : ; < = > ? |{ }| @ A B C D E F G |{ }| H I J K L M N O |{ }| P Q R S T U V W |{ }| X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ |{ }| ` a b c d e f g |{ }| h i j k l m n o |{ }| p q r s t u v w |{ }| x y z { | } ~ |{ }| |{ }| SP stands for Space bar |{ }| |{ }| No, no, no, you MUSTN'T use |{ }| ones that are not on the chart!|{ ==================================== Even smaller: ASCII Character Table ===================== xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx `. 0123456789ABCDEF `,----------------. 2x | !"#$%&'()*+,-./|. 3x |0123456789:;<=>?|| 4x |@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO|| 5x |PQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_|| 6x |`abcdefghijklmno|| 7x |pqrstuvwxyz{|}~ || `----------------'| `----------------' [alf] And there are names for them too : From : William Parrette (wap@shell.one.net) (with a few additions by me a:f) (See 'poem' for an example ...) Symbol Proper Name Usually Called ------ -------------- ------------------------------------------- ! exclamation mark, ball bat, bang, wow, pling " double quotation mark, double tick, double quote, double, inches # octothorp number sign, pound sign, sharp symbol, hash mark, number, pound, hash, gridlet, sharp, gate $ dollar sign, dollar % percent sign, percent, double-oh-seven & ampersand and sign, and ' acute accent single quote, single, tick, scare quote, apostrophe, feet ( parenthesis left parenthesis, left bracket, open ) parenthesis right parenthesis, right bracket, close * asterisk star, splat, rienhold + plus sign, plus , comma comma, twitch - hyphen hyphen, dash, minus sign, minus, worm . period period, dot, fullstop, point / virgule slash, solidus, shilling, oblique : colon colon, snake bite, two-spot ; semicolon semicolon, hybrid < less than sign, left angle bracket, left angle, angle = equal sign, equals > greater than sign, right angle bracket, right angle, waka ? question mark question mark, interrogation mark, huh?, ques @ at sign, at, spiral [ left square bracket, open square \ back slash, back ] right square bracket, close square ^ circumflex caret, hat, roof, up arrow _ underscore underbar, underline, floor, bimmin, flatworm ` grave accent back quote, back tick, reverse quote { left curly bracket, left brace, open curly | vertical bar, bar, pipe, or sign } right curly bracket, right brace, close curly ~ tilde tilde, squiggly, squiggle, twiddle ,-. qPjPp \-/ ;/_ /\v/\_//' || | .-' || |u| ('"|"| | | | _,|_|_|,_ / (_,|,_) \ /___________\ |___________| | UNKNOWN | | ASCII | | ARTIST. | /|_________|\ /_____________\ |________b'ger| See 'make_money' for more! _____________ _ __ _-' `-_ ,-----' | _ <'__`) / Distance \ | // : | -' )o \\ ___/ must be important \ | // : | --- \__;` `-_ because I can't see | | // : | -._ |\`\ | a $^%&##!% thing. | `-----._| __ // ( \| \ / _/___\_ //)_`// | ||] `-_______________-' _____[_______]_[~~-_ (.L_/ || [____________________]' `\_,/'/ ||| / ||| ,___,'./ ||| \ |||,'______| ||| / /|| I==|| ||| \ __/_|| __||__ -----||-/------`-._/||-o--o---o--- Ool ~~~~~' ||| _ __ |L| ---' | _ <'__`) |||__________ / : | -' ( ( -- )- \\ |/__________/ / : | --- ((( - --- \__;` | / : | -._ ( -- _-'/:_\ | ---._| __ \|,-' _// ( \| | ___\_ ( ---- `{)_--'// | ||] | _____]_[~~-_ ' (.L_/ || | ____________] . _-' `\_,/'/ | ||| ( --- |\_---''/ ,___,'./ | ||| ((-- |_\____/ ,'______| | ||| / / I==|| | ||| ( - - __/_/ __||__ | ---------++-------------`-._/---o--o---o----------------+ Ool \ | . \ * | / `. \ | / ,' `. \ | * / ,' ` \ | / ,' ,__. ___ __ __ ___ ___ ,__. ___ .|, | | / / | \ | | / \ / \ | | / / -*- | |/ / | \| | / _ \ / __/ | |/ / '|` | ' / | ` | | / \ | | / | ' / | . \ | . | | \_/ | | \__ | . \ * | |\ \ | |\ | \ / \ \ | |\ \ |__| \__\ |__| \__| \___/ \___/ |__| \__\ , / \ `. ,' / | \ `. ,' / | \ `. 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