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HP Business BASIC/XL Reference Manual

Appendix D  ASCII Character Codes 

Table D-1 maps each ASCII character to its decimal and hexadecimal code,
its symbol, and its name.  Each code is stored in eight bits; so the
decimal codes are in the range [0, 255] and the hexadecimal codes are in
the range [0, FF].

          Table D-1.  ASCII Character Codes 

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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| Decimal  | Hexadecimal Code  |  Symbol  |                        Name                         |
|   Code   |                   |          |                                                     |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 0        | 00                | NUL      | Null                                                |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 1        | 01                | SOH      | Start of heading                                    |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 2        | 02                | STX      | Start of text                                       |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 3        | 03                | EXT      | End of text                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 4        | 04                | EOT      | End of transmission                                 |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 5        | 05                | ENQ      | Inquiry                                             |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 6        | 06                | ACK      | Acknowledge                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 7        | 07                | BEL      | Bell                                                |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 8        | 08                | BS       | Backspace                                           |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 9        | 09                | HT       | Horizontal tab                                      |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 10       | 0A                | LF       | Line feed                                           |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 11       | 0B                | VT       | Vertical tab                                        |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 12       | 0C                | FF       | Form feed                                           |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 13       | 0D                | CR       | Carriage return                                     |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 14       | 0E                | SO       | Shift out                                           |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 15       | 0F                | SI       | Shift in                                            |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 16       | 10                | DLE      | Data link escape                                    |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 17       | 11                | DC1      | Device control 1                                    |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 18       | 12                | DC2      | Device control 2                                    |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 19       | 13                | DC3      | Device control 3                                    |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 20       | 14                | DC4      | Device control 4                                    |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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          Table D-1.  ASCII Character Codes (continued) 

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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| Decimal  | Hexadecimal Code  |  Symbol  |                        Name                         |
|   Code   |                   |          |                                                     |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 21       | 15                | NAK      | Negative acknowledgement                            |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 22       | 16                | SYN      | Synchronous idle                                    |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 23       | 17                | ETB      | End of transmission block                           |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 24       | 18                | CAN      | Cancel                                              |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 25       | 19                | EM       | End of medium                                       |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 26       | 1A                | SUB      | Substitute                                          |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 27       | 1B                | ESC      | Escape                                              |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 28       | 1C                | FS       | File separator                                      |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 29       | 1D                | GS       | Group separator                                     |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 30       | 1E                | RS       | Record separator                                    |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 31       | 1F                | US       | Unit separator                                      |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 32       | 20                | SP       | Space                                               |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 33       | 21                | !        | Exclamation mark                                    |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 34       | 22                | "        | Quotation mark                                      |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 35       | 23                | #        | Number sign                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 36       | 24                | $        | Dollar sign                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 37       | 25                | %        | Percent sign                                        |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 38       | 26                | &        | Ampersand                                           |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 39       | 27                | '        | Apostrophe                                          |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 40       | 28                | (        | Left parenthesis                                    |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 41       | 29                | )        | Right parenthesis                                   |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 42       | 2A                | *        | Asterisk                                            |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 43       | 2B                | +        | Plus sign                                           |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 44       | 2C                | ,        | Comma                                               |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 45       | 2D                | -        | Minus sign                                          |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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          Table D-1.  ASCII Character Codes (continued) 

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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| Decimal  | Hexadecimal Code  |  Symbol  |                        Name                         |
|   Code   |                   |          |                                                     |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 46       | 2E                | .        | Full stop                                           |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 47       | 2F                | /        | Solidus                                             |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 48       | 30                | 0        | Zero                                                |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 49       | 31                | 1        | One                                                 |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 50       | 32                | 2        | Two                                                 |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 51       | 33                | 3        | Three                                               |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 52       | 34                | 4        | Four                                                |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 53       | 35                | 5        | Five                                                |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 54       | 36                | 6        | Six                                                 |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 55       | 37                | 7        | Seven                                               |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 56       | 38                | 8        | Eight                                               |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 57       | 39                | 9        | Nine                                                |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 58       | 3A                | :        | Colon                                               |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 59       | 3B                | ;        | Semicolon                                           |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 60       | 3C                | <        | Less-than sign                                      |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 61       | 3D                | =        | Equal sign                                          |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 62       | 3E                | >        | Greater-than sign                                   |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 63       | 3F                | ?        | Question mark                                       |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 64       | 40                | @        | Commercial "at" sign                                |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 65       | 41                | A        | Uppercase A                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 66       | 42                | B        | Uppercase B                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 67       | 43                | C        | Uppercase C                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 68       | 44                | D        | Uppercase D                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 69       | 45                | E        | Uppercase E                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 70       | 46                | F        | Uppercase F                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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          Table D-1.  ASCII Character Codes (continued) 

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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| Decimal  | Hexadecimal Code  |  Symbol  |                        Name                         |
|   Code   |                   |          |                                                     |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 71       | 47                | G        | Uppercase G                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 72       | 48                | H        | Uppercase H                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 73       | 49                | I        | Uppercase I                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 74       | 4A                | J        | Uppercase J                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 75       | 4B                | K        | Uppercase K                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 76       | 4C                | L        | Uppercase L                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 77       | 4D                | M        | Uppercase M                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 78       | 4E                | N        | Uppercase N                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 79       | 4F                | O        | Uppercase O                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 80       | 50                | P        | Uppercase P                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 81       | 51                | Q        | Uppercase Q                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 82       | 52                | R        | Uppercase R                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 83       | 53                | S        | Uppercase S                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 84       | 54                | T        | Uppercase T                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 85       | 55                | U        | Uppercase U                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 86       | 56                | V        | Uppercase V                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 87       | 57                | W        | Uppercase W                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 88       | 58                | X        | Uppercase X                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 89       | 59                | Y        | Uppercase Y                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 90       | 5A                | Z        | Uppercase Z                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 91       | 5B                | [        | Left bracket                                        |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 92       | 5C                | \        | Reverse solidus                                     |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 93       | 5D                | ]        | Right bracket                                       |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 94       | 5E                | ^        | Circumflex accent                                   |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 95       | 5F                | _        | Underline                                           |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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          Table D-1.  ASCII Character Codes (continued) 

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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| Decimal  | Hexadecimal Code  |  Symbol  |                        Name                         |
|   Code   |                   |          |                                                     |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 96       | 60                | `        | Grave accent                                        |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 97       | 61                | a        | Lowercase a                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 98       | 62                | b        | Lowercase b                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 99       | 63                | c        | Lowercase c                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 100      | 64                | d        | Lowercase d                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 101      | 65                | e        | Lowercase e                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 102      | 66                | f        | Lowercase f                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 103      | 67                | g        | Lowercase g                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 104      | 68                | h        | Lowercase h                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 105      | 69                | i        | Lowercase i                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 106      | 6A                | j        | Lowercase j                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 107      | 6B                | k        | Lowercase k                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 108      | 6C                | l        | Lowercase l                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 109      | 6D                | m        | Lowercase m                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 110      | 6E                | n        | Lowercase n                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 111      | 6F                | o        | Lowercase o                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 112      | 70                | p        | Lowercase p                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 113      | 71                | q        | Lowercase q                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 114      | 72                | r        | Lowercase r                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 115      | 73                | s        | Lowercase s                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 116      | 74                | t        | Lowercase t                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 117      | 75                | u        | Lowercase u                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 118      | 76                | v        | Lowercase v                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 119      | 77                | w        | Lowercase w                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 120      | 78                | x        | Lowercase x                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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          Table D-1.  ASCII Character Codes (continued) 

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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| Decimal  | Hexadecimal Code  |  Symbol  |                        Name                         |
|   Code   |                   |          |                                                     |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 121      | 79                | y        | Lowercase y                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 122      | 7A                | z        | Lowercase z                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 123      | 7B                | {        | Left brace                                          |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 124      | 7C                | |        | Vertical line                                       |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 125      | 7D                | }        | Right brace                                         |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 126      | 7E                | ~        | Tilde                                               |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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|          |                   |          |                                                     |
| 127      | 7F                |          | Delete                                              |
|          |                   |          |                                                     |
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