ASCII Characters
HTML ASCII characters, also known as HTML entities or character entities, are special codes used in HTML documents to represent characters that have special meaning or are difficult to include directly in the document. These characters are represented using their corresponding ASCII or Unicode codes, enclosed in ampersand (&) and semicolon (;) characters. HTML ASCII characters are commonly used to display symbols, special characters, or characters with reserved meanings in HTML.
The first 33 values (Not displayed below, 0 through 32) are codes for things like carriage return and line feed. The space character is the 33rd value, followed by punctuation, digits, uppercase characters and lowercase characters. HTML ASCII characters are particularly useful when working with character sets and encoding issues, ensuring that web browsers and HTML parsers can display characters accurately and consistently across different platforms and devices.
| Character | HTML Code | CSS Code | HTML Entity | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | ! | \0021 | ! | Exclamation Point |
| " | " | \0022 | " | Double Quotes |
| # | # | \0023 | # | Number Sign |
| $ | $ | \0024 | $ | Dollar Sign |
| % | % | \0025 | &percent; | Percent Sign |
| & | & | \0026 | & | Ampersand |
| ' | ' | \0027 | ' | Single Quote - Apostrophe |
| ( | ( | \0028 | ( | Opening parenthesis |
| ) | ) | \0029 | ) | Closing parenthesis |
| * | * | \002A | * | Asterisk |
| + | + | \002B | + | Plus sign |
| , | , | \002C | , | Comma |
| - | - | \2212 | − | Minus Sign - Hyphen |
| . | . | \002E | . | Period |
| / | / | \002F | / | Slash |
| 0 | 0 | \0030 | N/A | Zero |
| 1 | 1 | \0031 | N/A | One |
| 2 | 2 | \0032 | N/A | Two |
| 3 | 3 | \0033 | N/A | Three |
| 4 | 4 | \0034 | N/A | Four |
| 5 | 5 | \0035 | N/A | Five |
| 6 | 6 | \0036 | N/A | Six |
| 7 | 7 | \0037 | N/A | Seven |
| 8 | 8 | \0038 | N/A | Eight |
| 9 | 9 | \0039 | N/A | Nine |
| : | : | \003A | : | Colon |
| ; | ; | \003B | ; | Semicolon |
| < | < | \003C | < | Less than sign |
| = | = | \003D | = | Equal Sign |
| > | > | \003E | > | Greater than sign |
| ? | ? | \003F | ? | Question mark |
| @ | @ | \0040 | @ | At symbol |
| A | A | \0041 | N/A | Uppercase A |
| B | B | \0042 | N/A | Uppercase B |
| C | C | \0043 | N/A | Uppercase C |
| D | D | \0044 | N/A | Uppercase D |
| E | E | \0045 | N/A | Uppercase E |
| F | F | \0046 | N/A | Uppercase F |
| G | G | \0047 | N/A | Uppercase G |
| H | H | \0048 | N/A | Uppercase H |
| I | I | \0049 | N/A | Uppercase I |
| J | J | \004A | N/A | Uppercase J |
| K | K | \004B | N/A | Uppercase K |
| L | L | \004C | N/A | Uppercase L |
| M | M | \004D | N/A | Uppercase M |
| N | N | \004E | N/A | Uppercase N |
| O | O | \004F | N/A | Uppercase O |
| P | P | \0050 | N/A | Uppercase P |
| Q | Q | \0051 | N/A | Uppercase Q |
| R | R | \0052 | N/A | Uppercase R |
| S | S | \0053 | N/A | Uppercase S |
| T | T | \0054 | N/A | Uppercase T |
| U | U | \0055 | N/A | Uppercase U |
| V | V | \0056 | N/A | Uppercase V |
| W | W | \0057 | N/A | Uppercase W |
| X | X | \0058 | N/A | Uppercase X |
| Y | Y | \0059 | N/A | Uppercase Y |
| Z | Z | \005A | N/A | Uppercase Z |
| [ | [ | \005B | [ | Opening bracket |
| \ | \ | \005C | \ | Backslash |
| ] | ] | \005D | ] | Closing bracket |
| ^ | ^ | \005E | ^ | Caret |
| _ | _ | \005F | _ | Underscore |
| ` | ` | \0060 | ` | Grave accent |
| a | a | \0061 | N/A | Lowercase a |
| b | b | \0062 | N/A | Lowercase b |
| c | c | \0063 | N/A | Lowercase c |
| d | d | \0064 | N/A | Lowercase d |
| e | e | \0065 | N/A | Lowercase e |
| f | f | \0066 | N/A | Lowercase f |
| g | g | \0067 | N/A | Lowercase g |
| h | h | \0068 | N/A | Lowercase h |
| i | i | \0069 | N/A | Lowercase i |
| j | j | \006A | N/A | Lowercase j |
| k | k | \006B | N/A | Lowercase k |
| l | l | \006C | N/A | Lowercase l |
| m | m | \006D | N/A | Lowercase m |
| n | n | \006E | N/A | Lowercase n |
| o | o | \006F | N/A | Lowercase o |
| p | p | \0070 | N/A | Lowercase p |
| q | q | \0071 | N/A | Lowercase q |
| r | r | \0072 | N/A | Lowercase r |
| s | s | \0073 | N/A | Lowercase s |
| t | t | \0074 | N/A | Lowercase t |
| u | u | \0075 | N/A | Lowercase u |
| v | v | \0076 | N/A | Lowercase v |
| w | w | \0077 | N/A | Lowercase w |
| x | x | \0078 | N/A | Lowercase x |
| y | y | \0079 | N/A | Lowercase y |
| z | z | \007A | N/A | Lowercase z |
| { | { | \007B | { | Opening brace |
| | | | | \007C | | | Vertical Bar |
| } | } | \007D | } | Closing brace |
| ~ | ~ | \007E | ˜ | Tilde |