ASCII Characters

ASCII stands for the "American Standard Code for Information Interchange".

ASCII Printable Characters

Entity Name HTML Code Symbol Description
�-
		 unused
	 horizontal tab

 line feed
 unused
  space
! !   exclamation mark
" " "   double quotation mark
# #   number sign
$ $   dollar sign
% %   percent sign
& & &   ampersand
' '   apostrophe
( (   left parenthesis
) )   right parenthesis
* *   asterisk
+ +   plus sign
, ,   comma
- -   hyphen
. .   period
 
/ /   slash
0-
9		 digits 0-9
: :   colon
&#59; ;   semicolon
&lt; &#60; <   less-than sign
&#61; =   equals sign
&gt; &#62; >   greater-than sign
&#63; ?   question mark
&#64; @   at sign
&#65;-
&#90;		 uppercase letters A-Z
&#91; [   left square bracket
&#92; \   backslash
&#93; ]   right square bracket
&#94; ^   caret
&#95; _   horizontal bar (underscore)
&#96; `   acute accent
&#97;-
&#122;		 lowercase letters a-z
&#123; {   left curly brace
&#124; |   vertical bar
&#125; } right curly brace
&#126; ~ tilde
&#127;  square
&#128;-
&#129;		 unused
&#130; ‚ comma
&#131; ƒ function
&#132; „ low left rising double quote
&#133; … ellipsis
&#134; † dagger mark
&#135; ‡ double dagger
&#136; ˆ letter modifying circumflex
&#137; ‰ per thousand sign
&#138; Š capital S caron or haceck
&#139; ‹ left single angle quote
&#140; Πcapital OE ligature
&#141;-
&#144;		 unused
&#145; ‘   left single quotation mark
&#146; ’   right single quoatation mark
&#147; “   left double quotation mark
&#148; ”   right double quotation mark
&#149; •   round solid bullet
&#150; –   en dash
&#151; —   em dash
&#152; ˜   small tilde
&#153; ™   trademark
&#154; š   s caron or hacek
&#155; ›   right single angle quotation mark
&#156; œ   small oe ligature
&#157;-
&#158;		 unused
&#159; Ÿ   capital Y umlaut
&nbsp; &#160;     nonbreaking space
&#161; ¡   inverted exclamation
&cent; &#162; ¢   cent sign
&pound; &#163; £   pound sterling
&#164; ¤   general currency sign
&yen; &#165; ¥   yen sign
&#166; ¦   broken vertical bar
&#167; §   section sign
&#168; ¨   umlaut
&copy; &#169; ©   copyright
&#170; ª   feminine ordinal
&#171; «   left angle quote
&#172; ¬   not sign
&#173; ­   soft hyphen
&reg; &#174; ®   registered trademark
&#175; ¯   macron accent
 
&deg; &#176; °   degree sign
&#177; ±   plus or minus
&#178; ²   superscript two
&#179; ³   superscript three
&#180; ´   acute accent
&#181; µ   micro sign
&#182; ¶   paragraph sign
&#183; ·   middle dot
&#184; ¸   cedilla
&#185; ¹   superscript one
&#186; º   masculine ordinal
&#187; »   right angle quote
&frac14; &#188; ¼   one-fourth
&frac12; &#189; ½   one-half
&frac34; &#190; ¾   three-fourths
&#191; ¿   inverted question mark
&Agrave; &#192; À   uppercase A, grave accent
&Aacute; &#193; Á   uppercase A, acute accent
&Acirc; &#194;    uppercase A, circumflex accent
&Atilde; &#195; à  uppercase A, tilde
&Auml; &#196; Ä   uppercase A, umlaut
&Aring; &#197; Å   uppercase A, ring
&AElig; &#198; Æ   uppercase AE
&Ccedil; &#199; Ç   uppercase C, cedilla
&Egrave; &#200; È   uppercase E, grave accent
&Eacute; &#201; É   uppercase E, acute accent
&Ecirc; &#202; Ê   uppercase E, circumflex accent
&Euml; &#203; Ë   uppercase E, umlaut
&Igrave; &#204; Ì   uppercase I, grave accent
&Iacute; &#205; Í   uppercase I, acute accent
&Icirc; &#206; Π  uppercase I, circumflex accent
&Iuml; &#207; Ï   uppercase I, umlaut
&ETH; &#208; Р  uppercase Eth, Icelandic
&Ntilde; &#209; Ñ   uppercase N, tilde
&Ograve; &#210; Ò   uppercase O, grave accent
&Oacute; &#211; Ó   uppercase O, acute accent
&Ocirc; &#212; Ô   uppercase O, circumflex accent
&Otilde; &#213; Õ   uppercase O, tilde
&Ouml; &#214; Ö   uppercase O, umlaut
&times; &#215; ×   multiplication sign
&Oslash; &#216; Ø   uppercase O, slash
&Ugrave; &#217; Ù   uppercase U, grave accent
&Uacute; &#218; Ú   uppercase U, acute accent
&Ucirc; &#219; Û   uppercase U, circumflex accent
&Uuml; &#220; Ü   uppercase U, umlaut
&Yacute; &#221; Ý   uppercase Y, acute accent
&THORN; &#222; Þ   uppercase THORN, Icelandic
&szlig; &#223; ß   lowercase sharps, German
&agrave; &#224; à   lowercase a, grave accent
&aacute; &#225; á   lowercase a, acute accent
&acirc; &#226; â   lowercase a, circumflex accent
&atilde; &#227; ã   lowercase a, tilde
&auml; &#228; ä   lowercase a, umlaut
&aring; &#229; å   lowercase a, ring
&aelig; &#230; æ   lowercase ae
&ccedil; &#231; ç   lowercase c, cedilla
&egrave; &#232; è   lowercase e, grave accent
&eacute; &#233; é   lowercase e, acute accent
&ecirc; &#234; ê   lowercase e, circumflex accent
&euml; &#235; ë   lowercase e, umlaut
&igrave; &#236; ì   lowercase i, grave accent
&iacute; &#237; í   lowercase i, acute accent
&icirc; &#238; î   lowercase i, circumflex accent
&iuml; &#239; ï   lowercase i, umlaut
&eth; &#240; ð   lowercase eth, Icelandic
&ntilde; &#241; ñ   lowercase n, tilde
&ograve; &#242; ò   lowercase o, grave accent
&oacute; &#243; ó   lowercase o, acute accent
&ocirc; &#244; ô   lowercase o, circumflex accent
&otilde; &#245; õ   lowercase o, tilde
&ouml; &#246; ö   lowercase o, umlaut
&#247; ÷   division sign
&oslash; &#248; ø   lowercase o, slash
&ugrave; &#249; ù   lowercase u, grave accent
&uacute; &#250; ú   lowercase u, acute accent
&ucirc; &#251; û   lowercase u, circumflex accent
&uuml; &#252; ü   lowercase u, umlaut
&yacute; &#253; ý   lowercase y, acute accent
&thorn; &#254; þ   lowercase thorn, Icelandic
&yuml; &#255; ÿ   lowercase y, umlaut

Does case matter?

Yes. Sometimes, case can also be important. For example, &eacute; produces the é character, while &Eacute; results in É.

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