Programming

ASCII Extended Character Sets -- PC

Typing an ASCII character

In DOS:

Hold down the <Alt> key while typing the decimal number on the keyboard keypad. (Example:  <Alt>178)

 

In Windows for a DOS character:

Hold down <Alt> while typing the decimal on the keyboard keypad. (Example:  <Alt>230)

 

In Windows for a WIN character:

Hold down <Alt> while typing "0" then the decimal number on the keyboard keypad. (Example:  <Alt>0140)

Other Resources

• ASCII Extended Character Set -- Macintosh
• HTML Entities for ISO Latin-1 Character Set
• W3C - Character Entities for ISO Latin-1
• W3C - Printable Latin-1 Character codes
• Greek Letters and Math Symbols

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