ASCII Control Codes -- Technical Notes

Programming
ASCII Control Codes
Control Abbreviation Full Name NUL SOH STX ETX EOT ENQ ACK BEL BS HT LF VT FF CR SO SI DLE DC1 DC2 DC3 DC4 NAK SYN ETB CAN EM SUB Null Start of heading Start of text End of text End of transmission Enquiry Acknowledge Bell Backspace Horizontal tab Line feed Vertical tab Form feed Carriage return Shift out Shift in Data line escape Device control 1 Device control 2 Device control 3 Device control 4 Negative acknowledge Synchronous idle End transmission block Cancel End of medium Substitute Code Dec Hex 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1A Alt-1 Alt-2 Alt-3 Alt-4 Alt-5 Alt-6 Alt-7 Alt-8 Alt-9 Alt-10 Alt-11 Alt-12 Alt-13 Alt-14 Alt-15 Alt-16 Alt-17 Alt-18 Alt-19 Alt-20 Alt-21 Alt-22 Alt-23 Alt-24 Alt-25 Alt-26 To Enter With Alt-Key Ctrl-Key Ctrl-@ Ctrl-A Ctrl-B Ctrl-C Ctrl-D Ctrl-E Ctrl-F Ctrl-G Ctrl-H Ctrl-I Ctrl-J Ctrl-K Ctrl-L Ctrl-M Ctrl-N Ctrl-O Ctrl-P Ctrl-Q Ctrl-R Ctrl-S Ctrl-T Ctrl-U Ctrl-V Ctrl-W Ctrl-X Ctrl-Y Ctrl-Z Echo

^@ ^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

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ASCII Control Codes -- Technical Notes

ESC FS GS RS US

Escape File separator Group separator Record separator Unit separator

27 28 29 30 31

1B 1C 1D 1E 1F

Alt-27 Alt-28 Alt-29 Alt-30 Alt-31

Ctrl-[ Ctrl-\ Ctrl-] Ctrl-^ Ctrl-_

^[ ^\ ^] ^^ ^_

Other Resources
ASCII Standard Character Set ASCII Extended Character Sets -- PC ASCII Extended Character Set -- Macintosh [ Index | Technical Notes ]
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