HTML ASCII Codes

There are 27 = 128 printable characters which can be represented by different 7-BIT ASCII codes. Another set of characters are not for HTML representation but they are devised to control hardware.

Following tables list down all the 7-BIT ASCII codes and their equivalent HTML Entity Codes.

If you want to see equivalent HEX, OCT and extended set of ASCII codes then check next chapter.

7-BIT Printable ASCII Characters:

ASCII Characters

Description

HTML Entity Codes

 

space

 

!

exclamation mark

!

"

quotation mark

"

#

number sign

#

$

dollar sign

$

%

percent sign

%

&

ampersand

&

'

apostrophe

'

(

left parenthesis

(

)

right parenthesis

)

*

asterisk

*

+

plus sign

+

,

comma

,

-

hyphen

-

.

period

.

/

slash

/

0

digit 0

0

1

digit 1

1

2

digit 2

2

3

digit 3

3

4

digit 4

4

5

digit 5

5

6

digit 6

6

7

digit 7

7

8

digit 8

8

9

digit 9

9

:

colon

:

;

semicolon

&#59;

less-than

<

=

equals-to

=

greater-than

>

?

question mark

?

@

at sign

@

A

uppercase A

A

B

uppercase B

B

C

uppercase C

C

D

uppercase D

D

E

uppercase E

E

F

uppercase F

F

G

uppercase G

G

H

uppercase H

H

I

uppercase I

I

J

uppercase J

J

K

uppercase K

K

L

uppercase L

L

M

uppercase M

M

N

uppercase N

N

O

uppercase O

O

P

uppercase P

P

Q

uppercase Q

Q

R

uppercase R

R

S

uppercase S

S

T

uppercase T

T

U

uppercase U

U

V

uppercase V

V

W

uppercase W

W

X

uppercase X

X

Y

uppercase Y

Y

Z

uppercase Z

Z

[

left square bracket

[

\

backslash

\

]

right square bracket

]

^

caret

^

_

underscore

_

`

grave accent

`

a

lowercase a

a

b

lowercase b

b

c

lowercase c

c

d

lowercase d

d

e

lowercase e

e

f

lowercase f

f

g

lowercase g

g

h

lowercase h

h

i

lowercase i

i

j

lowercase j

j

k

lowercase k

k

l

lowercase l

l

m

lowercase m

m

n

lowercase n

n

o

lowercase o

o

p

lowercase p

p

q

lowercase q

q

r

lowercase r

r

s

lowercase s

s

t

lowercase t

t

u

lowercase u

u

v

lowercase v

v

w

lowercase w

w

x

lowercase x

x

y

lowercase y

y

z

lowercase z

z

{

left curly brace

{

|

vertical bar

|

}

right curly brace

}

~

tilde

~

7-BIT ASCII Device Control Characters

ASCII Characters

Description

HTML Entity Codes

NUL

null character

�

SOH

start of header



STX

start of text



ETX

end of text



EOT

end of transmission



ENQ

enquiry



ACK

acknowledge



BEL

bell (ring)



BS

backspace



HT

horizontal tab

	

LF

line feed




VT

vertical tab



FF

form feed



CR

carriage return



SO

shift out



SI

shift in



DLE

data link escape



DC1

device control 1



DC2

device control 2



DC3

device control 3



DC4

device control 4



NAK

negative acknowledge



SYN

synchronize



ETB

end transmission block



CAN

cancel



EM

end of medium



SUB

substitute



ESC

escape



FS

file separator



GS

group separator



RS

record separator



US

unit separator



DEL

delete (rubout)