Character Encoding Set

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Showing you the differences between ASCII, CP-1252 and ISO-8859-1.

Intro
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ASCII: ASCII is a 7-bit character encoding. It can go from 0 to 127 (0x7F) only.
CP-1252: CP-1252 is an 8-bit character encoding based on ASCII. It is identical to ASCII up to code point 127.
ISO-8859-1: 8859-1 is also an 8-bit character encoding based on CP-1252. However, 8859-1 differs from CP-1252 in sticks 8 (0x80-0x8F) and 9 (0x90-0x9F).; 8859-1 is also the default character set used in HTML4.

Unicode, UTF-8 or UTF-16, is a multi-byte character encoding based on ISO-8859-1. They are identical up to code point 255. UTF-8 is the default character set used in HTML5. See more encoding methods at :
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Some notes about encoding: HTML encoding, URL encoding and ASCII encoding.

Code Point	ASCII	CP-1251	8859-1	Unicode
0x00 - 0x7f	same	<-same	<-same	<-same
0x80 - 0x8f	N/A	diff->	<-diff	<-same
0x90 - 0x9f	N/A	diff->	<-diff	<-same
0xa0 - 0xff	N/A	same	same	<-same

Character Sets
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All the 256 characters are broken down to 3 groups:

From 0 - 127
From 128 - 159 (stick8 and stick9)
From 160 - 255

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Description	ASCII	CP-1252	8859-1	Oct	Hex	Dec	Stick/Pos
Null	NUL	NUL	NUL	000	0x00	0	0/1
Start of Header	SOH	SOH	SOH	001	0x01	1	0/2
Start of Text	STX	STX	STX	002	0x02	2	0/3
End of Text	ETX	ETX	ETX	003	0x03	3	0/4
End of Transmission	EOT	EOT	EOT	004	0x04	4	0/5
Enquiry	ENQ	ENQ	ENQ	005	0x05	5	0/6
Acknowledge	ACK	ACK	ACK	006	0x06	6	0/7
Bell	BEL	BEL	BEL	007	0x07	7	0/8
Backspace	BS	BS	BS	010	0x08	8	0/9
Horizontal Tab	HT	HT	HT	011	0x09	9	0/10
Linefeed	LF	LF	LF	012	0x0A	10	0/11
Vertical Tab	VT	VT	VT	013	0x0B	11	0/12
Form Feed	FF	FF	FF	014	0x0C	12	0/13
Carriage Return	CR	CR	CR	015	0x0D	13	0/14
Shift Out	SO	SO	SO	016	0x0E	14	0/15
Shift In	SI	SI	SI	017	0x0F	15	0/16
Data Link Escape	DLE	DLE	DLE	020	0x10	16	1/1
Device Control 1	DC1	DC1	DC1	021	0x11	17	1/2
Device Control 2	DC2	DC2	DC2	022	0x12	18	1/3
Device Control 3	DC3	DC3	DC3	023	0x13	19	1/4
Device Control 4	DC4	DC4	DC4	024	0x14	20	1/5
Negative Acknowledge	NAK	NAK	NAK	025	0x15	21	1/6
Synchronous Idle	SYN	SYN	SYN	026	0x16	22	1/7
End of Transmission	ETB	ETB	ETB	027	0x17	23	1/8
Cancel	CAN	CAN	CAN	030	0x18	24	1/9
End of Medium	EM	EM	EM	031	0x19	25	1/10
Substitute	SUB	SUB	SUB	032	0x1A	26	1/11
Escape	ESC	ESC	ESC	033	0x1B	27	1/12
File Separator	FS	FS	FS	034	0x1C	28	1/13
Group Separator	GS	GS	GS	035	0x1D	29	1/14
Record Separator	RS	RS	RS	036	0x1E	30	1/15
Unit Separator	US	US	US	037	0x1F	31	1/16
Space	SP	SP	SP	040	0x20	32	2/1
Exclamation Mark	!	!	!	041	0x21	33	2/2
Quotation Mark	"	"	"	042	0x22	34	2/3
Number Sign	#	#	#	043	0x23	35	2/4
Dollar Sign	$	$	$	044	0x24	36	2/5
Percent Sign	%	%	%	045	0x25	37	2/6
Ampersand	&	&	&	046	0x26	38	2/7
Apostrophe	'	'	'	047	0x27	39	2/8
Left Parenthesis	(	(	(	050	0x28	40	2/9
Right Parenthesis	)	)	)	051	0x29	41	2/10
Asterisk	*	*	*	052	0x2A	42	2/11
Plus Sign	+	+	+	053	0x2B	43	2/12
Comma	,	,	,	054	0x2C	44	2/13
Hyphen-Minus	-	-	-	055	0x2D	45	2/14
Full Stop	.	.	.	056	0x2E	46	2/15
Solidus	/	/	/	057	0x2F	47	2/16
Digit Zero	0	0	0	060	0x30	48	3/1
Digit One	1	1	1	061	0x31	49	3/2
Digit Two	2	2	2	062	0x32	50	3/3
Digit Three	3	3	3	063	0x33	51	3/4
Digit Four	4	4	4	064	0x34	52	3/5
Digit Five	5	5	5	065	0x35	53	3/6
Digit Six	6	6	6	066	0x36	54	3/7
Digit Seven	7	7	7	067	0x37	55	3/8
Digit Eight	8	8	8	070	0x38	56	3/9
Digit Nine	9	9	9	071	0x39	57	3/10
Colon	:	:	:	072	0x3A	58	3/11
Semicolon	;	;	;	073	0x3B	59	3/12
Less-Than Sign	<	<	<	074	0x3C	60	3/13
Equals Sign	=	=	=	075	0x3D	61	3/14
Greater-Than Sign	>	>	>	076	0x3E	62	3/15
Question Mark	?	?	?	077	0x3F	63	3/16
Commercial At	@	@	@	100	0x40	64	4/1
Latin Capital Letter A	A	A	A	101	0x41	65	4/2
Latin Capital Letter B	B	B	B	102	0x42	66	4/3
Latin Capital Letter C	C	C	C	103	0x43	67	4/4
Latin Capital Letter D	D	D	D	104	0x44	68	4/5
Latin Capital Letter E	E	E	E	105	0x45	69	4/6
Latin Capital Letter F	F	F	F	106	0x46	70	4/7
Latin Capital Letter G	G	G	G	107	0x47	71	4/8
Latin Capital Letter H	H	H	H	110	0x48	72	4/9
Latin Capital Letter I	I	I	I	111	0x49	73	4/10
Latin Capital Letter J	J	J	J	112	0x4A	74	4/11
Latin Capital Letter K	K	K	K	113	0x4B	75	4/12
Latin Capital Letter L	L	L	L	114	0x4C	76	4/13
Latin Capital Letter M	M	M	M	115	0x4D	77	4/14
Latin Capital Letter N	N	N	N	116	0x4E	78	4/15
Latin Capital Letter O	O	O	O	117	0x4F	79	4/16
Latin Capital Letter P	P	P	P	120	0x50	80	5/1
Latin Capital Letter Q	Q	Q	Q	121	0x51	81	5/2
Latin Capital Letter R	R	R	R	122	0x52	82	5/3
Latin Capital Letter S	S	S	S	123	0x53	83	5/4
Latin Capital Letter T	T	T	T	124	0x54	84	5/5
Latin Capital Letter U	U	U	U	125	0x55	85	5/6
Latin Capital Letter V	V	V	V	126	0x56	86	5/7
Latin Capital Letter W	W	W	W	127	0x57	87	5/8
Latin Capital Letter X	X	X	X	130	0x58	88	5/9
Latin Capital Letter Y	Y	Y	Y	131	0x59	89	5/10
Latin Capital Letter Z	Z	Z	Z	132	0x5A	90	5/11
Left Square Bracket	[	[	[	133	0x5B	91	5/12
Reverse Solidus	\	\	\	134	0x5C	92	5/13
Right Square Bracket	]	]	]	135	0x5D	93	5/14
Circumflex Accent	^	^	^	136	0x5E	94	5/15
Low Line	_	_	_	137	0x5F	95	5/16
Grave Accent	`	`	`	140	0x60	96	6/1
Latin Small Letter A	a	a	a	141	0x61	97	6/2
Latin Small Letter B	b	b	b	142	0x62	98	6/3
Latin Small Letter C	c	c	c	143	0x63	99	6/4
Latin Small Letter D	d	d	d	144	0x64	100	6/5
Latin Small Letter E	e	e	e	145	0x65	101	6/6
Latin Small Letter F	f	f	f	146	0x66	102	6/7
Latin Small Letter G	g	g	g	147	0x67	103	6/8
Latin Small Letter H	h	h	h	150	0x68	104	6/9
Latin Small Letter I	i	i	i	151	0x69	105	6/10
Latin Small Letter J	j	j	j	152	0x6A	106	6/10
Latin Small Letter K	k	k	k	153	0x6B	107	6/10
Latin Small Letter L	l	l	l	154	0x6C	108	6/10
Latin Small Letter M	m	m	m	155	0x6D	109	6/10
Latin Small Letter N	n	n	n	156	0x6E	110	6/10
Latin Small Letter O	o	o	o	157	0x6F	111	6/10
Latin Small Letter P	p	p	p	160	0x70	112	7/1
Latin Small Letter Q	q	q	q	161	0x71	113	7/2
Latin Small Letter R	r	r	r	162	0x72	114	7/3
Latin Small Letter S	s	s	s	163	0x73	115	7/4
Latin Small Letter T	t	t	t	164	0x74	116	7/5
Latin Small Letter U	u	u	u	165	0x75	117	7/6
Latin Small Letter V	v	v	v	166	0x76	118	7/7
Latin Small Letter W	w	w	w	167	0x77	119	7/8
Latin Small Letter X	x	x	x	170	0x78	120	7/9
Latin Small Letter Y	y	y	y	171	0x79	121	7/10
Latin Small Letter Z	z	z	z	172	0x7A	122	7/11
Left Curly Bracket	{	{	{	173	0x7B	123	7/12
Vertical Line	\|	\|	\|	174	0x7C	124	7/13
Right Curly Bracket	}	}	}	175	0x7D	125	7/14
Tilde	~	~	~	176	0x7E	126	7/15
Delete	DEL	DEL	DEL	177	0x7F	127	7/16

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Stick	Pos	CP-1252	8859-1	Hex	Dec	Description
8	1	€	PAD	0x80	128	Pad Stop
	2		HOP	0x81	129	High octet preset
	3	‚	BPH	0x82	130	Break Permitted Here
	4	ƒ	NBH	0x83	131	No Break Here
	5	„	IND	0x84	132	Index
	6	…	NEL	0x85	133	Next Line
	7	†	SSA	0x86	134	Start of Selected Area
	8	‡	ESA	0x87	135	End of Selected Area
	9	ˆ	HTS	0x88	136	Horizontal Tabulation Set
	10	‰	HTJ	0x89	137	Horizontal Tabulation with Justification
	11	Š	VTS	0x8A	138	Vertical Tabulation Set
	12	‹	PLD	0x8B	139	Partial Line Down
	13	Œ	PLU	0x8C	140	Partial Line Up
	14		RI	0x8D	141	Reverse Line Feed
	15	Ž	SS2	0x8E	142	Single-Shift 2
	16		SS3	0x8F	143	Single-Shift 3

Stick	Pos	CP-1252	8859-1	Hex	Dec	Description
9	1		DCS	0x90	144	Device control string
	2	‘	PU1	0x91	145	Private use 1
	3	’	PU2	0x92	146	Private use 2
	4	“	STS	0x93	147	Set transmit state
	5	”	CCH	0x94	148	Cancel character
	6	•	MW	0x95	149	Message waiting
	7	–	SPA	0x96	150	Start protected area
	8	—	EPA	0x97	151	End protected area
	9	˜	SOS	0x98	152	Start of string
	10	™	SGCI	0x99	153	Single graphic character introducer
	11	š	SCI	0x9A	154	Single character introducer
	12	›	CSI	0x9B	155	Control sequence introducer
	13	œ	ST	0x9C	156	String terminator
	14		OSC	0x9D	157	Operating system command
	15	ž	PM	0x9E	158	Private message
	16	Ÿ	APC	0x9F	159	Application program command

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Stick	Pos	CP-1252	8859-1	Hex	Dec	Description
10	1	[NBSP]	[NBSP]	0xA0	160	No-Break Space
	2			0xA1	161	Inverted Exclamation Mark
	3			0xA2	162	Cent Sign
	4			0xA3	163	Pound Sign
	5			0xA4	164	Currency Sign
	6			0xA5	165	Yen Sign
	7			0xA6	166	Broken Bar
	8			0xA7	167	Section Sign
	9			0xA8	168	Diaeresis
	10			0xA9	169	Copyright Sign
	11			0xAA	170	Feminine Ordinal Indicator
	12			0xAB	171	Left-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark
	13			0xAC	172	Not Sign
	14			0xAD	173	Soft Hyphen
	15			0xAE	174	Registered Sign
	16			0xAF	175	Macron

11	1			0xB0	176	Degree Sign
	2			0xB1	177	Plus-Minus Sign
	3			0xB2	178	Superscript Two
	4			0xB3	179	Superscript Three
	5			0xB4	180	Acute Accent
	6			0xB5	181	Micro Sign
	7			0xB6	182	Pilcrow Sign
	8			0xB7	183	Middle Dot
	9			0xB8	184	Cedilla
	10			0xB9	185	Superscript One
	11			0xBA	186	Masculine Ordinal Indicator
	12			0xBB	187	Right-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark
	13			0xBC	188	Fraction One Quarter
	14			0xBD	189	Fraction One Half
	15			0xBE	190	Fraction Three Quarters
	16			0xBF	191	Inverted Question Mark

12	1			0xC0	192	Latin Capital Letter A with Grave
	2	¡	¡	0xC1	193	Latin Capital Letter A with Acute
	3	¢	¢	0xC2	194	Latin Capital Letter A with Circumflex
	4	£	£	0xC3	195	Latin Capital Letter A with Tilde
	5	¤	¤	0xC4	196	Latin Capital Letter A with Diaeresis
	6	¥	¥	0xC5	197	Latin Capital Letter A with Ring Above
	7	¦	¦	0xC6	198	Latin Capital Letter AE (ligature)
	8	§	§	0xC7	199	Latin Capital Letter C with Cedilla
	9	¨	¨	0xC8	200	Diaeresis
	10	©	©	0xC9	201	Copyright Sign
	11	ª	ª	0xCA	202	Feminine Ordinal Indicator
	12	«	«	0xCB	203	Left-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark
	13	¬	¬	0xCC	204	Not Sign
	14			0xCD	205	Soft Hyphen
	15	®	®	0xCE	206	Registered Sign
	16	¯	¯	0xCF	207	Macron

13	1	°	°	0xD0	208	Degree Sign
	2	±	±	0xD1	209	Plus-Minus Sign
	3	´	´	0xD2	210	Acute Accent
	4	µ	µ	0xD3	211	Micro Sign
	5	¶	¶	0xD4	212	Pilcrow Sign
	6	·	·	0xD5	213	Middle Dot
	7	¸	¸	0xD6	214	Cedilla
	8	¹	¹	0xD7	215	Superscript One
	9	º	º	0xD8	216	Masculine Ordinal Indicator
	10	»	»	0xD9	217	Right-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark
	11	¼	¼	0xDA	218	Fraction One Quarter
	12	½	½	0xDB	219	Fraction One Half
	13	¾	¾	0xDC	220	Fraction Three Quarters
	14	¿	¿	0xDD	221	Inverted Question Mark
	15	À	À	0xDE	222	Latin Capital Letter A with Grave
	16	Á	Á	0xDF	223	Latin Capital Letter A with Acute

14	1	à	à	0xE0	224	Latin Small Letter A with Grave
	2	á	á	0xE1	225	Latin Small Letter A with Acute
	3	â	â	0xE2	226	Latin Small Letter A with Circumflex
	4	ã	ã	0xE3	227	Latin Small Letter A with Tilde
	5	ä	ä	0xE4	228	Latin Small Letter A with Diaeresis
	6	å	å	0xE5	229	Latin Small Letter A with Ring Above
	7	æ	æ	0xE6	230	Latin Small Letter AE (ligature)
	8	ç	ç	0xE7	231	Latin Small Letter C with Cedilla
	9	è	è	0xE8	232	Latin Small Letter E with Grave
	10	é	é	0xE9	233	Latin Small Letter E with Acute
	11	ê	ê	0xEA	234	Latin Small Letter E with Circumflex
	12	ë	ë	0xEB	235	Latin Small Letter E with Diaeresis
	13	ì	ì	0xEC	236	Latin Small Letter I with Grave
	14	í	í	0xED	237	Latin Small Letter I with Acute
	15	î	î	0xEE	238	Latin Small Letter I with Circumflex
	16	ï	ï	0xEF	239	Latin Small Letter I with Diaeresis

15	1	ð	ð	0xF0	240	Latin Small Letter Eth (Icelandic)
	2	ñ	ñ	0xF1	241	Latin Small Letter N with Tilde
	3	ò	ò	0xF2	242	Latin Small Letter O with Grave
	4	ó	ó	0xF3	243	Latin Small Letter O with Acute
	5	ô	ô	0xF4	244	Latin Small Letter O with Circumflex
	6	õ	õ	0xF5	245	Latin Small Letter O with Tilde
	7	ö	ö	0xF6	246	Latin Small Letter O with Diaeresis
	8	÷	÷	0xF7	247	Division Sign
	9	ø	ø	0xF8	248	Latin Small Letter O with Stroke
	10	ù	ù	0xF9	249	Latin Small Letter U with Grave
	11	ú	ú	0xFA	250	Latin Small Letter U with Acute
	12	û	û	0xFB	251	Latin Small Letter U with Circumflex
	13	ü	ü	0xFC	252	Latin Small Letter U with Diaeresis
	14	ý	ý	0xFD	253	Latin Small Letter Y with Acute
	15	þ	þ	0xFE	254	Latin Small Letter Thorn (Icelandic)
	16	ß	ß	0xFF	255	Latin Small Letter Sharp S (German)