Character Sets: Basic Latin (ASCII)

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MARC 21 Specifications for Record Structure, Character Sets, and Exchange Media

Code Table Basic Latin (ASCII)

December 2007

The first column in this table contains the MARC-8 code (in hex) for the character if invoked as a C0 control or G0 graphic set and the second column contains the MARC-8 code (in hex) for the character if invoked as a G1 graphic set. For all codes the third column contains the UCS/Unicode 16-bit code (in hex), the fourth column contains the UTF-8 code (in hex) for the UCS characters, the fifth column (CHAR) contains a representation of the character (where possible), and the sixth column contains the MARC character name, followed by the UCS name. If the MARC name is the same as or very similar to the UCS name, only the UCS name is given.

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MARC-8 as C0	MARC-8	UCS	UTF-8	CHAR	NAME
1B		001B	1B		ESCAPE (Unlikely to occur in UCS/Unicode)
1D		001D	1D		RECORD TERMINATOR / GROUP SEPARATOR
1E		001E	1E		FIELD TERMINATOR / RECORD SEPARATOR
1F		001F	1F		SUBFIELD DELIMITER / UNIT SEPARATOR
as G0	as G1
20	A0	0020	20		SPACE, BLANK / SPACE
21	A1	0021	21	!	EXCLAMATION MARK
22	A2	0022	22	"	QUOTATION MARK
23	A3	0023	23	#	NUMBER SIGN
24	A4	0024	24	$	DOLLAR SIGN
25	A5	0025	25	%	PERCENT SIGN
26	A6	0026	26	&	AMPERSAND
27	A7	0027	27	'	APOSTROPHE
28	A8	0028	28	(	OPENING PARENTHESIS / LEFT PARENTHESIS
29	A9	0029	29	)	CLOSING PARENTHESIS / CLOSING PARENTHESIS
2A	AA	002A	2A	*	ASTERISK
2B	AB	002B	2B	+	PLUS SIGN
2C	AC	002C	2C	,	COMMA
2D	AD	002D	2D	-	HYPHEN-MINUS
2E	AE	002E	2E	.	PERIOD, DECIMAL POINT / FULL STOP
2F	AF	002F	2F	/	SLASH / SOLIDUS
30	B0	0030	30	0	DIGIT ZERO
31	B1	0031	31	1	DIGIT ONE
32	B2	0032	32	2	DIGIT TWO
33	B3	0033	33	3	DIGIT THREE
34	B4	0034	34	4	DIGIT FOUR
35	B5	0035	35	5	DIGIT FIVE
36	B6	0036	36	6	DIGIT SIX
37	B7	0037	37	7	DIGIT SEVEN
38	B8	0038	38	8	DIGIT EIGHT
39	B9	0039	39	9	DIGIT NINE
3A	BA	003A	3A	:	COLON
3B	BB	003B	3B	;	SEMICOLON
3C	BC	003C	3C	<	LESS-THAN SIGN
3D	BD	003D	3D	=	EQUALS SIGN
3E	BE	003E	3E	>	GREATER-THAN SIGN
3F	BF	003F	3F	?	QUESTION MARK
40	C0	0040	40	@	COMMERCIAL AT
41	C1	0041	41	A	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A
42	C2	0042	42	B	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B
43	C3	0043	43	C	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C
44	C4	0044	44	D	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D
45	C5	0045	45	E	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E
46	C6	0046	46	F	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER F
47	C7	0047	47	G	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G
48	C8	0048	48	H	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H
49	C9	0049	49	I	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I
4A	CA	004A	4A	J	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER J
4B	CB	004B	4B	K	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K
4C	CC	004C	4C	L	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L
4D	CD	004D	4D	M	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M
4E	CE	004E	4E	N	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N
4F	CF	004F	4F	O	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O
50	D0	0050	50	P	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P
51	D1	0051	51	Q	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Q
52	D2	0052	52	R	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R
53	D3	0053	53	S	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S
54	D4	0054	54	T	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T
55	D5	0055	55	U	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U
56	D6	0056	56	V	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V
57	D7	0057	57	W	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W
58	D8	0058	58	X	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER X
59	D9	0059	59	Y	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y
5A	DA	005A	5A	Z	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z
5B	DB	005B	5B	[	OPENING SQUARE BRACKET / LEFT SQUARE BRACKET
5C	DC	005C	5C	\	REVERSE SLASH / REVERSE SOLIDUS
5D	DD	005D	5D	]	CLOSING SQUARE BRACKET / RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET
5E	DE	005E	5E	^	SPACING CIRCUMFLEX / CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
5F	DF	005F	5F	_	SPACING UNDERSCORE / LOW LINE
60	E0	0060	60	`	SPACING GRAVE / GRAVE ACCENT
61	E1	0061	61	a	LATIN SMALL LETTER A
62	E2	0062	62	b	LATIN SMALL LETTER B
63	E3	0063	63	c	LATIN SMALL LETTER C
64	E4	0064	64	d	LATIN SMALL LETTER D
65	E5	0065	65	e	LATIN SMALL LETTER E
66	E6	0066	66	f	LATIN SMALL LETTER F
67	E7	0067	67	g	LATIN SMALL LETTER G
68	E8	0068	68	h	LATIN SMALL LETTER H
69	E9	0069	69	i	LATIN SMALL LETTER I
6A	EA	006A	6A	j	LATIN SMALL LETTER J
6B	EB	006B	6B	k	LATIN SMALL LETTER K
6C	EC	006C	6C	l	LATIN SMALL LETTER L
6D	ED	006D	6D	m	LATIN SMALL LETTER M
6E	EE	006E	6E	n	LATIN SMALL LETTER N
6F	EF	006F	6F	o	LATIN SMALL LETTER O
70	F0	0070	70	p	LATIN SMALL LETTER P
71	F1	0071	71	q	LATIN SMALL LETTER Q
72	F2	0072	72	r	LATIN SMALL LETTER R
73	F3	0073	73	s	LATIN SMALL LETTER S
74	F4	0074	74	t	LATIN SMALL LETTER T
75	F5	0075	75	u	LATIN SMALL LETTER U
76	F6	0076	76	v	LATIN SMALL LETTER V
77	F7	0077	77	w	LATIN SMALL LETTER W
78	F8	0078	78	x	LATIN SMALL LETTER X
79	F9	0079	79	y	LATIN SMALL LETTER Y
7A	FA	007A	7A	z	LATIN SMALL LETTER Z
7B	FB	007B	7B	{	OPENING CURLY BRACKET / LEFT CURLY BRACKET
7C	FC	007C	7C	\|	VERTICAL BAR (FILL) / VERTICAL LINE
7D	FD	007D	7D	}	CLOSING CURLY BRACKET / RIGHT CURLY BRACKET
7E	FE	007E	7E	~	SPACING TILDE / TILDE

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