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HTML: ASCII Character Codes

The table below presents all ASCII characters with codes from 32-127 and 160-255. The missing characters (0-27 and 128-159) are 'control characters' and not normally suited for output in HTML. The 'Entity' column gives the equivalent HTML character entity - where one exists.

If you're looking for a way to encode text - for protecting email links for example - you can use this form to encode a short string:

For other types of encoding in JavaScript or PHP refer to the article Escaping Special Characters.

HTML Character Codes and Entities

This table is dynamically generated.

Decimal	Symbol	Entity	Octal	Hex
32			40	20
33	!		41	21
34	"	"	42	22
35	#		43	23
36	$		44	24
37	%		45	25
38	&	&	46	26
39	'		47	27
40	(		50	28
41	)		51	29
42	*		52	2A
43	+		53	2B
44	,		54	2C
45	-		55	2D
46	.		56	2E
47	/		57	2F
48	0		60	30
49	1		61	31
50	2		62	32
51	3		63	33
52	4		64	34
53	5		65	35
54	6		66	36
55	7		67	37
56	8		70	38
57	9		71	39
58	:		72	3A
59	;		73	3B
60	<	<	74	3C
61	=		75	3D
62	>	>	76	3E
63	?		77	3F
64	@		100	40
65	A		101	41
66	B		102	42
67	C		103	43
68	D		104	44
69	E		105	45
70	F		106	46
71	G		107	47
72	H		110	48
73	I		111	49
74	J		112	4A
75	K		113	4B
76	L		114	4C
77	M		115	4D
78	N		116	4E
79	O		117	4F
80	P		120	50
81	Q		121	51
82	R		122	52
83	S		123	53
84	T		124	54
85	U		125	55
86	V		126	56
87	W		127	57
88	X		130	58
89	Y		131	59
90	Z		132	5A
91	[		133	5B
92	\		134	5C
93	]		135	5D
94	^		136	5E
95	_		137	5F
96	`		140	60
97	a		141	61
98	b		142	62
99	c		143	63
100	d		144	64
101	e		145	65
102	f		146	66
103	g		147	67
104	h		150	68
105	i		151	69
106	j		152	6A
107	k		153	6B
108	l		154	6C
109	m		155	6D
110	n		156	6E
111	o		157	6F
112	p		160	70
113	q		161	71
114	r		162	72
115	s		163	73
116	t		164	74
117	u		165	75
118	v		166	76
119	w		167	77
120	x		170	78
121	y		171	79
122	z		172	7A
123	{		173	7B
124	\|		174	7C
125	}		175	7D
126	~		176	7E
127			177	7F

Decimal	Symbol	Entity	Octal	Hex
160			240	A0
161	¡	¡	241	A1
162	¢	¢	242	A2
163	£	£	243	A3
164	¤	¤	244	A4
165	¥	¥	245	A5
166	¦	¦	246	A6
167	§	§	247	A7
168	¨	¨	250	A8
169	©	©	251	A9
170	ª	ª	252	AA
171	«	«	253	AB
172	¬	¬	254	AC
173			255	AD
174	®	®	256	AE
175	¯	¯	257	AF
176	°	°	260	B0
177	±	±	261	B1
178	²	²	262	B2
179	³	³	263	B3
180	´	´	264	B4
181	µ	µ	265	B5
182	¶	¶	266	B6
183	·	·	267	B7
184	¸	¸	270	B8
185	¹	¹	271	B9
186	º	º	272	BA
187	»	»	273	BB
188	¼	¼	274	BC
189	½	½	275	BD
190	¾	¾	276	BE
191	¿	¿	277	BF
192	À	À	300	C0
193	Á	Á	301	C1
194	Â	Â	302	C2
195	Ã	Ã	303	C3
196	Ä	Ä	304	C4
197	Å	Å	305	C5
198	Æ	Æ	306	C6
199	Ç	Ç	307	C7
200	È	È	310	C8
201	É	É	311	C9
202	Ê	Ê	312	CA
203	Ë	Ë	313	CB
204	Ì	Ì	314	CC
205	Í	Í	315	CD
206	Î	Î	316	CE
207	Ï	Ï	317	CF
208	Ð	Ð	320	D0
209	Ñ	Ñ	321	D1
210	Ò	Ò	322	D2
211	Ó	Ó	323	D3
212	Ô	Ô	324	D4
213	Õ	Õ	325	D5
214	Ö	Ö	326	D6
215	×	×	327	D7
216	Ø	Ø	330	D8
217	Ù	Ù	331	D9
218	Ú	Ú	332	DA
219	Û	Û	333	DB
220	Ü	Ü	334	DC
221	Ý	Ý	335	DD
222	Þ	Þ	336	DE
223	ß	ß	337	DF
224	à	à	340	E0
225	á	á	341	E1
226	â	â	342	E2
227	ã	ã	343	E3
228	ä	ä	344	E4
229	å	å	345	E5
230	æ	æ	346	E6
231	ç	ç	347	E7
232	è	è	350	E8
233	é	é	351	E9
234	ê	ê	352	EA
235	ë	ë	353	EB
236	ì	ì	354	EC
237	í	í	355	ED
238	î	î	356	EE
239	ï	ï	357	EF
240	ð	ð	360	F0
241	ñ	ñ	361	F1
242	ò	ò	362	F2
243	ó	ó	363	F3
244	ô	ô	364	F4
245	õ	õ	365	F5
246	ö	ö	366	F6
247	÷	÷	367	F7
248	ø	ø	370	F8
249	ù	ù	371	F9
250	ú	ú	372	FA
251	û	û	373	FB
252	ü	ü	374	FC
253	ý	ý	375	FD
254	þ	þ	376	FE
255	ÿ	ÿ	377	FF

For details on non-ASCII characters supported in HTML follow the link under References below.

So why do we need all these different ways of referencing the same characters? The Decimal values are rarely used, but Octal codes turn up in various programming languages and the Hex values in URL-encoded strings (%20 represents a space for example). In HTML content the Symbol is used except where a proper Character Entity is available.

For more information on encoding special characters see the related article linked below.

Common Windows-1251 Character Codes

If your data has been corrupted with Windows-specific characters such as: smart quotes, ellipses, dashes and non-breaking spaces, the following list might be useful:

Decimal	Octal	Description	Plain Text Alternative
133	\205	ELLIPSIS	...
145	\221	HIGH 6 SINGLE QUOTE	'
146	\222	HIGH 9 SINGLE QUOTE	'
147	\223	HIGH 6 DOUBLE QUOTE	"
148	\224	HIGH 9 DOUBLE QUOTE	"
149	\225	LARGE CENTERED DOT	*
150	\226	EN DASH	-
151	\227	EM DASH	- or --
160	\240	NO-BREAK SPACE	(space)

Other replacement values are also possible including various valid HTML entities (see above) or multibyte characters.

The reason for the \ in front of the Octal code for these characters is so that we can use them in regular expressions as shown here:

$output = mb_eregi_replace("\205", "...", $input);

You might find this necessary when converting data to UTF-8 or other multibyte character formats. For non-multibyte formats you can use the regular preg_replace or ereg_replace functions instead as there's no danger of corrupting the text by accidentally replacing one byte of a multibyte character.

JavaScript: Escaping Special Characters

References

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HTML: ASCII Character Codes

HTML Character Codes and Entities

Common Windows-1251 Character Codes

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