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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 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 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 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 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 To Enter With Echo 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 ^@ ^A ^B ^C ^D ^E ^F ^G ^H ^I ^J ^K ^L ^M ^N ^O ^P ^Q ^R ^S ^T ^U ^V ^W

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CAN EM SUB ESC FS GS RS US

Cancel End of medium Substitute Escape File separator Group separator Record separator Unit separator

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

18 19 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 1F

Alt-24 Alt-25 Alt-26 Alt-27 Alt-28 Alt-29 Alt-30 Alt-31

Ctrl-X Ctrl-Y Ctrl-Z Ctrl-[ Ctrl-\ Ctrl-] Ctrl-^ Ctrl-_

^X ^Y ^Z ^[ ^\ ^] ^^ ^_

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