Character Codes

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This page contains the character codes used internally by the calculator. This table can be useful in particular with the char() and ord() commands.

Characters in the following ranges can be used for variable names:

  • 48…57 (numbers, as long as they don't begin a variable name)
  • 65…90, 97…122 (the usual alphabet, case insensitive)
  • 128…139, 141…148, 181 (Greek letters, case sensitive: ω is not the same as Ω)
  • 192…214, 216…246, 248…255 (international characters, case insensitive)

Note that value 2 (STX) cannot be used on the home screen, because for some reason it does not exist in large font.

Value Char Value Char Value Char Value Char Value Char Value Char Value Char Value Char
0. NUL 32. space 64. @ 96. 128. α 160. 192. À 224. à
1. SOH 33. ! 65. A 97. a 129. β 161. ¡ 193. Á 225. á
2. STX 34. " 66. B 98. b 130. Γ 162. ¢ 194. Â 226. â
3. ETQ 35. # 67. C 99. c 131. γ 163. £ 195. Ã 227. ã
4. EOT 36. $ 68. D 100. d 132. Δ 164. ¤ 196. Ä 228. ä
5. ENQ 37. % 69. E 101. e 133. δ 165. ¥ 197. Å 229. å
6. ACK 38. & 70. F 102. f 134. ε 166. ¦ 198. Æ 230. æ
7. BEL 39. 71. G 103. g 135. ζ 167. § 199. Ç 231. ç
8. BS 40. ( 72. H 104. h 136. θ 168. 200. È 232. è
9. TAB 41. ) 73. I 105. i 137. λ 169. © 201. É 233. é
10. LF 42. * 74. J 106. j 138. ξ 170. a 202. Ê 234. ê
11. VT 43. + 75. K 107. k 139. 171. « 203. Ë 235. ë
12. FF 44. , 76. L 108. l 140. π 172. ¬ 204. Ì 236. ì
13. CR 45. - 77. M 109. m 141. ρ 173. 205. Í 237. í
14. (lock) 46. . 78. N 110. n 142. 174. ® 206. Î 238. î
15. 47. / 79. O 111. o 143. σ 175. - 207. Ï 239. ï
16. 48. 0 80. P 112. p 144. τ 176. ° 208. Ð 240. ð
17. 49. 1 81. Q 113. q 145. φ 177. ± 209. Ñ 241. ñ
18. 50. 2 82. R 114. r 146. ψ 178. ² 210. Ò 242. ò
19. 51. 3 83. S 115. s 147. Ω 179. ³ 211. Ó 243. ó
20. 52. 4 84. T 116. t 148. ω 180. ‾¹ 212. Ô 244. ô
21. 53. 5 85. U 117. u 149. E 181. μ 213. Õ 245. õ
22. 54. 6 86. V 118. v 150. e 182. 214. Ö 246. ö
23. 55. 7 87. W 119. w 151. i 183. · 215. × 247. ÷
24. 56 8 88. X 120. x 152. r 184. + 216. Ø 248. ø
25. 57. 9 89. Y 121. y 153. T 185. ¹ 217. Ù 249. ù
26. 58. : 90. Z 122. z 154. $\bar{x}$ 186. o 218. Ú 250. ú
27. 59. ; 91. [ 123. { 155. $\bar{y}$ 187. » 219. Û 251. û
28. 60. < 92. \ 124. | 156. 188. d 220. Ü 252. ü
29. 61. = 93. ] 125. } 157. 189. 221. Ý 253. ý
30. 62. > 94. ^ 126. ~ 158. 190. 222. Þ 254. þ
31. 63. ? 95. _ 127. 159. 191. ¿ 223. ß 255. ÿ
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