Code page 437 Character Table
IBM shipped Code Page 437 as the default character set on the original PC in 1981. It extends ASCII's 128 characters with box-drawing symbols, mathematical operators, and accented letters in positions 128 through 255. The box-drawing characters (single and double lines at codes 179 through 218) became the signature look of DOS-era interfaces. CP437 was never an international standard. Programs that assume CP1252 or ISO-8859-1 will render CP437 extended characters incorrectly, which is why old DOS text files often look garbled on modern Windows systems.
256
Total Characters
33
Control
95
Printable
128
Extended
Unique to Code page 437
127 charactersThese characters in the extended range (128-255) are what set Code page 437 apart from other encodings. The same byte values produce different characters in other encoding standards.
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Defined character
Undefined position
Extended Characters Table
128-255Characters 128 through 255 are specific to Code page 437. The same byte values map to different characters in other encodings. Compare encodings to see the differences.
| DEC | HEX | Symbol | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 128 | 80 | Ç | Latin capital letter C with cedilla | ||
| 129 | 81 | ü | Latin small letter u with diaeresis | ||
| 130 | 82 | é | Latin small letter e with acute | ||
| 131 | 83 | â | Latin small letter a with circumflex | ||
| 132 | 84 | ä | Latin small letter a with diaeresis | ||
| 133 | 85 | à | Latin small letter a with grave | ||
| 134 | 86 | å | Latin small letter a with ring above | ||
| 135 | 87 | ç | Latin small letter c with cedilla | ||
| 136 | 88 | ê | Latin small letter e with circumflex | ||
| 137 | 89 | ë | Latin small letter e with diaeresis | ||
| 138 | 8A | è | Latin small letter e with grave | ||
| 139 | 8B | ï | Latin small letter i with diaeresis | ||
| 140 | 8C | î | Latin small letter i with circumflex | ||
| 141 | 8D | ì | Latin small letter i with grave | ||
| 142 | 8E | Ä | Latin capital letter A with diaeresis | ||
| 143 | 8F | Å | Latin capital letter A with ring above | ||
| 144 | 90 | É | Latin capital letter E with acute | ||
| 145 | 91 | æ | Latin small letter ae | ||
| 146 | 92 | Æ | Latin capital letter AE | ||
| 147 | 93 | ô | Latin small letter o with circumflex | ||
| 148 | 94 | ö | Latin small letter o with diaeresis | ||
| 149 | 95 | ò | Latin small letter o with grave | ||
| 150 | 96 | û | Latin small letter u with circumflex | ||
| 151 | 97 | ù | Latin small letter u with grave | ||
| 152 | 98 | ÿ | Latin small letter y with diaeresis | ||
| 153 | 99 | Ö | Latin capital letter O with diaeresis | ||
| 154 | 9A | Ü | Latin capital letter U with diaeresis | ||
| 155 | 9B | ¢ | Cent sign | ||
| 156 | 9C | £ | Pound sign | ||
| 157 | 9D | ¥ | Yen sign | ||
| 158 | 9E | ₧ | Peseta sign | ||
| 159 | 9F | ƒ | Latin small letter f with hook | ||
| 160 | A0 | á | Latin small letter a with acute | ||
| 161 | A1 | í | Latin small letter i with acute | ||
| 162 | A2 | ó | Latin small letter o with acute | ||
| 163 | A3 | ú | Latin small letter u with acute | ||
| 164 | A4 | ñ | Latin small letter n with tilde | ||
| 165 | A5 | Ñ | Latin capital letter N with tilde | ||
| 166 | A6 | ª | Feminine ordinal indicator | ||
| 167 | A7 | º | Masculine ordinal indicator | ||
| 168 | A8 | ¿ | Inverted question mark | ||
| 169 | A9 | ⌐ | Reversed not sign | ||
| 170 | AA | ¬ | Negation | ||
| 171 | AB | ½ | Fraction one half | ||
| 172 | AC | ¼ | Fraction one quarter | ||
| 173 | AD | ¡ | Inverted exclamation mark | ||
| 174 | AE | « | Left double angle quotes | ||
| 175 | AF | » | Right double angle quotes | ||
| 176 | B0 | ░ | Light shade | ||
| 177 | B1 | ▒ | Medium shade | ||
| 178 | B2 | ▓ | Dark shade | ||
| 179 | B3 | │ | Box drawings light vertical | ||
| 180 | B4 | ┤ | Box drawings light vertical and left | ||
| 181 | B5 | ╡ | Box drawings vertical single and left double | ||
| 182 | B6 | ╢ | Box drawings vertical double and left single | ||
| 183 | B7 | ╖ | Box drawings down double and left single | ||
| 184 | B8 | ╕ | Box drawings down single and left double | ||
| 185 | B9 | ╣ | Box drawings double vertical and left | ||
| 186 | BA | ║ | Box drawings double vertical | ||
| 187 | BB | ╗ | Box drawings double down and left | ||
| 188 | BC | ╝ | Box drawings double up and left | ||
| 189 | BD | ╜ | Box drawings up double and left single | ||
| 190 | BE | ╛ | Box drawings up single and left double | ||
| 191 | BF | ┐ | Box drawings light down and left | ||
| 192 | C0 | └ | Box drawings light up and right | ||
| 193 | C1 | ┴ | Box drawings light up and horizontal | ||
| 194 | C2 | ┬ | Box drawings light down and horizontal | ||
| 195 | C3 | ├ | Box drawings light vertical and right | ||
| 196 | C4 | ─ | Box drawings light horizontal | ||
| 197 | C5 | ┼ | Box drawings light vertical and horizontal | ||
| 198 | C6 | ╞ | Box drawings vertical single and right double | ||
| 199 | C7 | ╟ | Box drawings vertical double and right single | ||
| 200 | C8 | ╚ | Box drawings double up and right | ||
| 201 | C9 | ╔ | Box drawings double down and right | ||
| 202 | CA | ╩ | Box drawings double up and horizontal | ||
| 203 | CB | ╦ | Box drawings double down and horizontal | ||
| 204 | CC | ╠ | Box drawings double vertical and right | ||
| 205 | CD | ═ | Box drawings double horizontal | ||
| 206 | CE | ╬ | Box drawings double vertical and horizontal | ||
| 207 | CF | ╧ | Box drawings up single and horizontal double | ||
| 208 | D0 | ╨ | Box drawings up double and horizontal single | ||
| 209 | D1 | ╤ | Box drawings down single and horizontal double | ||
| 210 | D2 | ╥ | Box drawings down double and horizontal single | ||
| 211 | D3 | ╙ | Box drawings up double and right single | ||
| 212 | D4 | ╘ | Box drawings up single and right double | ||
| 213 | D5 | ╒ | Box drawings down single and right double | ||
| 214 | D6 | ╓ | Box drawings down double and right single | ||
| 215 | D7 | ╫ | Box drawings vertical double and horizontal single | ||
| 216 | D8 | ╪ | Box drawings vertical single and horizontal double | ||
| 217 | D9 | ┘ | Box drawings light up and left | ||
| 218 | DA | ┌ | Box drawings light down and right | ||
| 219 | DB | █ | Full block | ||
| 220 | DC | ▄ | Lower half block | ||
| 221 | DD | ▌ | Left half block | ||
| 222 | DE | ▐ | Right half block | ||
| 223 | DF | ▀ | Upper half block | ||
| 224 | E0 | α | Greek small letter alpha | ||
| 225 | E1 | ß | Latin small letter sharp s - ess-zed | ||
| 226 | E2 | Γ | Greek capital letter Gamma | ||
| 227 | E3 | π | Greek small letter pi | ||
| 228 | E4 | Σ | Greek capital letter Sigma | ||
| 229 | E5 | σ | Greek small letter sigma | ||
| 230 | E6 | µ | Micro sign | ||
| 231 | E7 | τ | Greek small letter tau | ||
| 232 | E8 | Φ | Greek capital letter Phi | ||
| 233 | E9 | Θ | Greek capital letter Theta | ||
| 234 | EA | Ω | Greek capital letter Omega | ||
| 235 | EB | δ | Greek Small Letter Delta | ||
| 236 | EC | ∞ | Infinity | ||
| 237 | ED | φ | Greek small letter phi | ||
| 238 | EE | ε | Greek small letter epsilon | ||
| 239 | EF | ∩ | Intersection | ||
| 240 | F0 | ≡ | Identical to | ||
| 241 | F1 | ± | Plus-or-minus sign | ||
| 242 | F2 | ≥ | Greater-than or equal to | ||
| 243 | F3 | ≤ | Less-than or equal to | ||
| 244 | F4 | ⌠ | Top half integral | ||
| 245 | F5 | ⌡ | Bottom half integral | ||
| 246 | F6 | ÷ | Division sign | ||
| 247 | F7 | ≈ | Almost equal to | ||
| 248 | F8 | ° | Degree sign | ||
| 249 | F9 | ∙ | Bullet operator | ||
| 250 | FA | · | Middle dot - Georgian comma | ||
| 251 | FB | √ | Square root | ||
| 252 | FC | ⁿ | Superscript latin small letter n | ||
| 253 | FD | ² | Superscript two - squared | ||
| 254 | FE | ■ | Black square | ||
| 255 | FF | Non-breaking space |
Printable Characters
95Same as standard ASCII
Codes 32 through 126 are shared across all ASCII-based encodings, covering uppercase and lowercase Latin letters, digits, punctuation, and the Space character at position 32.
| DEC | HEX | Symbol | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 20 | ␠ | Space | ||
| 33 | 21 | ! | Exclamation mark | ||
| 34 | 22 | " | Double quotes (or speech marks) | ||
| 35 | 23 | # | Number sign | ||
| 36 | 24 | $ | Dollar | ||
| 37 | 25 | % | Per cent sign | ||
| 38 | 26 | & | Ampersand | ||
| 39 | 27 | ' | Single quote | ||
| 40 | 28 | ( | Open parenthesis (or open bracket) | ||
| 41 | 29 | ) | Close parenthesis (or close bracket) | ||
| 42 | 2A | * | Asterisk | ||
| 43 | 2B | + | Plus | ||
| 44 | 2C | , | Comma | ||
| 45 | 2D | - | Hyphen-minus | ||
| 46 | 2E | . | Period, dot or full stop | ||
| 47 | 2F | / | Slash or divide | ||
| 48 | 30 | 0 | Zero | ||
| 49 | 31 | 1 | One | ||
| 50 | 32 | 2 | Two | ||
| 51 | 33 | 3 | Three | ||
| 52 | 34 | 4 | Four | ||
| 53 | 35 | 5 | Five | ||
| 54 | 36 | 6 | Six | ||
| 55 | 37 | 7 | Seven | ||
| 56 | 38 | 8 | Eight | ||
| 57 | 39 | 9 | Nine | ||
| 58 | 3A | : | Colon | ||
| 59 | 3B | ; | Semicolon | ||
| 60 | 3C | < | Less than (or open angled bracket) | ||
| 61 | 3D | = | Equals | ||
| 62 | 3E | > | Greater than (or close angled bracket) | ||
| 63 | 3F | ? | Question mark | ||
| 64 | 40 | @ | At sign | ||
| 65 | 41 | A | Uppercase A | ||
| 66 | 42 | B | Uppercase B | ||
| 67 | 43 | C | Uppercase C | ||
| 68 | 44 | D | Uppercase D | ||
| 69 | 45 | E | Uppercase E | ||
| 70 | 46 | F | Uppercase F | ||
| 71 | 47 | G | Uppercase G | ||
| 72 | 48 | H | Uppercase H | ||
| 73 | 49 | I | Uppercase I | ||
| 74 | 4A | J | Uppercase J | ||
| 75 | 4B | K | Uppercase K | ||
| 76 | 4C | L | Uppercase L | ||
| 77 | 4D | M | Uppercase M | ||
| 78 | 4E | N | Uppercase N | ||
| 79 | 4F | O | Uppercase O | ||
| 80 | 50 | P | Uppercase P | ||
| 81 | 51 | Q | Uppercase Q | ||
| 82 | 52 | R | Uppercase R | ||
| 83 | 53 | S | Uppercase S | ||
| 84 | 54 | T | Uppercase T | ||
| 85 | 55 | U | Uppercase U | ||
| 86 | 56 | V | Uppercase V | ||
| 87 | 57 | W | Uppercase W | ||
| 88 | 58 | X | Uppercase X | ||
| 89 | 59 | Y | Uppercase Y | ||
| 90 | 5A | Z | Uppercase Z | ||
| 91 | 5B | [ | Opening bracket | ||
| 92 | 5C | \ | Backslash | ||
| 93 | 5D | ] | Closing bracket | ||
| 94 | 5E | ^ | Caret - circumflex | ||
| 95 | 5F | _ | Underscore | ||
| 96 | 60 | ` | Grave accent | ||
| 97 | 61 | a | Lowercase a | ||
| 98 | 62 | b | Lowercase b | ||
| 99 | 63 | c | Lowercase c | ||
| 100 | 64 | d | Lowercase d | ||
| 101 | 65 | e | Lowercase e | ||
| 102 | 66 | f | Lowercase f | ||
| 103 | 67 | g | Lowercase g | ||
| 104 | 68 | h | Lowercase h | ||
| 105 | 69 | i | Lowercase i | ||
| 106 | 6A | j | Lowercase j | ||
| 107 | 6B | k | Lowercase k | ||
| 108 | 6C | l | Lowercase l | ||
| 109 | 6D | m | Lowercase m | ||
| 110 | 6E | n | Lowercase n | ||
| 111 | 6F | o | Lowercase o | ||
| 112 | 70 | p | Lowercase p | ||
| 113 | 71 | q | Lowercase q | ||
| 114 | 72 | r | Lowercase r | ||
| 115 | 73 | s | Lowercase s | ||
| 116 | 74 | t | Lowercase t | ||
| 117 | 75 | u | Lowercase u | ||
| 118 | 76 | v | Lowercase v | ||
| 119 | 77 | w | Lowercase w | ||
| 120 | 78 | x | Lowercase x | ||
| 121 | 79 | y | Lowercase y | ||
| 122 | 7A | z | Lowercase z | ||
| 123 | 7B | { | Opening brace | ||
| 124 | 7C | | | Vertical bar | ||
| 125 | 7D | } | Closing brace | ||
| 126 | 7E | ~ | Equivalency sign - tilde |
Control Characters
33Same as standard ASCII
The first 32 codes (plus code 127) are non-printable control characters originally used for signaling hardware devices. Only a handful - Tab (9), Line Feed (10), Carriage Return (13), and Escape (27) - remain in common use.
| DEC | HEX | Symbol | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 00 | NUL | Null character | ||
| 1 | 01 | SOH | Start of Heading | ||
| 2 | 02 | STX | Start of Text | ||
| 3 | 03 | ETX | End of Text | ||
| 4 | 04 | EOT | End of Transmission | ||
| 5 | 05 | ENQ | Enquiry | ||
| 6 | 06 | ACK | Acknowledge | ||
| 7 | 07 | BEL | Bell, Alert | ||
| 8 | 08 | BS | Backspace | ||
| 9 | 09 | HT | Horizontal Tab | ||
| 10 | 0A | LF | Line Feed | ||
| 11 | 0B | VT | Vertical Tabulation | ||
| 12 | 0C | FF | Form Feed | ||
| 13 | 0D | CR | Carriage Return | ||
| 14 | 0E | SO | Shift Out | ||
| 15 | 0F | SI | Shift In | ||
| 16 | 10 | DLE | Data Link Escape | ||
| 17 | 11 | DC1 | Device Control One (XON) | ||
| 18 | 12 | DC2 | Device Control Two | ||
| 19 | 13 | DC3 | Device Control Three (XOFF) | ||
| 20 | 14 | DC4 | Device Control Four | ||
| 21 | 15 | NAK | Negative Acknowledge | ||
| 22 | 16 | SYN | Synchronous Idle | ||
| 23 | 17 | ETB | End of Transmission Block | ||
| 24 | 18 | CAN | Cancel | ||
| 25 | 19 | EM | End of medium | ||
| 26 | 1A | SUB | Substitute | ||
| 27 | 1B | ESC | Escape | ||
| 28 | 1C | FS | File Separator | ||
| 29 | 1D | GS | Group Separator | ||
| 30 | 1E | RS | Record Separator | ||
| 31 | 1F | US | Unit Separator | ||
| 127 | 7F | DEL | Delete |
References
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