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Pipe, broken vertical bar
ExtendedASCII 166 | Hex 0xA6 | U+00A6
ASCII Code
Decimal
166
Hexadecimal
0xA6
Octal
246
Binary
1010 0110
How to Type
Windows Alt CodeAlt + 166
HTML Entity
¦
Unicode InputU+00A6
Character in Different Encodings
| Encoding | Code | Symbol | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Code page 437 | 166 | ª | Feminine ordinal indicator |
| ISO-8859-1 | 166 | ¦ | Pipe, broken vertical bar |
| ISO-8859-2 | 166 | Ś | Latin capital letter S with acute |
| ISO-8859-3 | 166 | Ĥ | Latin capital letter H with circumflex |
| ISO-8859-4 | 166 | Ļ | Latin capital letter L with cedilla |
| ISO-8859-5 | 166 | І | Cyrillic capital letter Byelorussian-Ukrainian I |
| ISO-8859-6 | 166 | - | Unused |
| ISO-8859-7 | 166 | ¦ | Pipe, broken vertical bar |
| ISO-8859-8 | 166 | ¦ | Pipe, broken vertical bar |
| ISO-8859-9 | 166 | ¦ | Pipe, broken vertical bar |
| ISO-8859-10 | 166 | Ķ | Latin capital letter K with cedilla |
| ISO-8859-11 | 166 | ฆ | Thai character Kho Rakhang |
| Windows-1250 | 166 | ¦ | Pipe, broken vertical bar |
| Windows-1251 | 166 | ¦ | Pipe, broken vertical bar |
| Windows-1252 | 166 | ¦ | Pipe, broken vertical bar |
| Windows-1253 | 166 | ¦ | Pipe, broken vertical bar |
| Windows-1254 | 166 | ¦ | Pipe, broken vertical bar |
| Windows-1255 | 166 | ¦ | Pipe, broken vertical bar |
| Windows-1256 | 166 | ¦ | Pipe, broken vertical bar |
| Windows-1257 | 166 | ¦ | Pipe, broken vertical bar |
| Windows-1258 | 166 | ¦ | Pipe, broken vertical bar |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ASCII code 166?
ASCII code 166 represents the Pipe, broken vertical bar character. In hexadecimal it is 0xA6, in binary 1010 0110, and in octal 246. This is an extended ASCII character whose meaning varies by encoding.
How do I type ASCII 166 on a keyboard?
On Windows, hold Alt and type 166 on the numeric keypad. On Mac, you can use the Character Viewer (Edit > Emoji & Symbols). In HTML, use the entity ¦ or ¦.