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ASCII World
¦

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

EncodingCodeSymbolName
Code page 437166ªFeminine ordinal indicator
ISO-8859-1166¦Pipe, broken vertical bar
ISO-8859-2166ŚLatin capital letter S with acute
ISO-8859-3166ĤLatin capital letter H with circumflex
ISO-8859-4166ĻLatin capital letter L with cedilla
ISO-8859-5166ІCyrillic capital letter Byelorussian-Ukrainian I
ISO-8859-6166-Unused
ISO-8859-7166¦Pipe, broken vertical bar
ISO-8859-8166¦Pipe, broken vertical bar
ISO-8859-9166¦Pipe, broken vertical bar
ISO-8859-10166ĶLatin capital letter K with cedilla
ISO-8859-11166Thai character Kho Rakhang
Windows-1250166¦Pipe, broken vertical bar
Windows-1251166¦Pipe, broken vertical bar
Windows-1252166¦Pipe, broken vertical bar
Windows-1253166¦Pipe, broken vertical bar
Windows-1254166¦Pipe, broken vertical bar
Windows-1255166¦Pipe, broken vertical bar
Windows-1256166¦Pipe, broken vertical bar
Windows-1257166¦Pipe, broken vertical bar
Windows-1258166¦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 ¦.