The chart below gives the ASCII code values and descriptions of the most commonly used special characters that are independent of font. Any of these can be used in Q++Studio, using an ASCII character token.
➢Important: when using the values below in special character tokens, always use 3 digits, eg. [ instead of [.
Character |
ASCII Code |
Description |
Character |
ASCII Code |
Description |
|
|
013 |
Carriage Return |
Š |
138 |
Capital S with caron |
|
Space |
032 |
Space |
‹ |
139 |
Less-than |
|
! |
033 |
Exclamation point |
Π|
140 |
Capital OE ligature |
|
" |
034 |
Double Quotes |
Ÿ |
141 |
Capital Y with umlaut |
|
# |
035 |
Number symbol |
|
144 |
No character |
|
$ |
036 |
Dollar symbol |
' |
145 |
Opening single quote |
|
% |
037 |
Percent symbol |
' |
146 |
Closing single quote |
|
& |
038 |
Ampersand |
" |
147 |
Opening double quote |
|
' |
039 |
Single quote |
" |
148 |
Closing double quote |
|
( |
040 |
Open parenthesis |
• |
149 |
Bullet |
|
) |
041 |
Close parenthesis |
– |
150 |
En dash |
|
* |
042 |
Asterisk |
— |
151 |
Em dash |
|
+ |
043 |
Plus sign |
˜ |
152 |
Tilde |
|
, |
044 |
Comma |
™ |
153 |
Trademark symbol |
|
- |
045 |
Hyphen |
š |
154 |
Small s with caron |
|
. |
046 |
Period |
› |
155 |
Greater-than |
|
/ |
047 |
Slash (bar) |
œ |
156 |
Small oe ligature |
|
0 |
048 |
Zero |
|
157 |
No character |
|
1 |
049 |
One |
|
158 |
No character |
|
2 |
050 |
Two |
Ÿ |
159 |
Capital Y with umlaut |
|
3 |
051 |
Three |
|
160 |
||
4 |
052 |
Four |
¡ |
161 |
Inverted exclamation point |
|
5 |
053 |
Five |
¢ |
162 |
Cent symbol |
|
6 |
054 |
Six |
£ |
163 |
Pound sterling |
|
7 |
505 |
Seven |
¤ |
164 |
Currency symbol |
|
8 |
056 |
Eight |
¥ |
165 |
Japanese Yen |
|
9 |
057 |
Nine |
¦ |
166 |
Broken vertical bar |
|
: |
058 |
Colon |
§ |
167 |
Section symbol |
|
|
059 |
Semicolon |
¨ |
168 |
Umlaut |
|
< |
060 |
Less than |
© |
169 |
Copyright |
|
= |
061 |
Equals sign |
ª |
170 |
Feminine ordinal |
|
> |
062 |
Greater than |
« |
171 |
Opening double angle quote |
|
? |
063 |
Question mark |
¬ |
172 |
Logical "Not" symbol |
|
@ |
064 |
At symbol |
|
173 |
Soft hyphen |
|
[ |
091 |
Opening bracket |
® |
174 |
Registration mark |
|
\ |
092 |
Backslash |
¯ |
175 |
Macron |
|
] |
093 |
Closing bracket |
° |
176 |
Degree symbol |
|
^ |
094 |
Caret |
± |
177 |
Plus / minus |
|
_ |
095 |
Underscore |
² |
178 |
Superscript 2 |
|
` |
096 |
Acute accent |
³ |
179 |
Superscript 3 |
|
{ |
123 |
Opening brace |
´ |
180 |
Acute accent |
|
| |
124 |
Vertical bar |
µ |
181 |
Micro symbol |
|
} |
125 |
Closing brace |
¶ |
182 |
Paragraph symbol |
|
~ |
126 |
Tilde |
· |
183 |
Middle dot |
|
|
127 |
No character |
¸ |
184 |
Cedilla |
|
|
129 |
Trademark |
¹ |
185 |
Superscript 1 |
|
‚ |
130 |
Low-9 quote |
º |
186 |
Masculine ordinal |
|
ƒ |
131 |
Function sign |
» |
187 |
Closing double angle quotes |
|
„ |
132 |
Low-9 double quote |
¼ |
188 |
Fraction one-quarter |
|
… |
133 |
Ellipsis |
½ |
189 |
Fraction one-half |
|
† |
134 |
Dagger |
¾ |
190 |
Fraction three-fourths |
|
‡ |
135 |
Double dagger |
¿ |
191 |
Inverted question mark |
|
ˆ |
136 |
Caret |
À |
192 |
Capital A, grave accent |
|
‰ |
137 |
Per thousand |
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Topic 176265, last updated on 09-Oct-2025
