b
Lowercase b
PrintableASCII 98 | Hex 0x62 | U+0062
Lowercase b at ASCII 98 prefixes binary literals in Python (0b1010) and several other languages. In regular expressions, \b marks a word boundary without consuming characters. As the second letter of the Latin alphabet, b traces back to the Phoenician letter bet, meaning "house." In hexadecimal, b represents decimal 11. CSS font-weight uses the keyword bold as an alias for numeric weight 700.
ASCII Code
Decimal
98
Hexadecimal
0x62
Octal
142
Binary
0110 0010
URL Escape
%62
Unicode
Code Point
U+0062
Escape
\u0062
UTF-8 Hex
0x62
UTF-8 Binary
01100010
UTF-16
0x0062
UTF-32
0x00000062
HTML Entities
Numeric
b
Hex
b
How to Type
Windows Alt CodeAlt + 98
HTML Entity
b
Unicode InputU+0062
Source Code Representations
C / Java
"\u0062"CSS
\0062JavaScript
"\u0062"Perl
\x{0062}Python 2
u"\u0062"Python 3
\u0062Ruby
\u{0062}Frequently Asked Questions
What is ASCII code 98?
ASCII code 98 represents the Lowercase b character. In hexadecimal it is 0x62, in binary 0110 0010, and in octal 142. It is a printable character that appears as "b" in text.
How do I type ASCII 98 on a keyboard?
On Windows, hold Alt and type 98 on the numeric keypad. On Mac, you can use the Character Viewer (Edit > Emoji & Symbols). In HTML, use the entity b or b.