EBCDIC Character Code Reference

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EBCDIC (Extended Binary Coded Decimal Information Code) is an eight-bit character set that was developed by International Business Machines (IBM). It was the character set used on most computers manufactured by IBM prior to 1981.

EBCDIC is not used on the IBM PC and all subsequent "PC clones". These computer systems use ASCII as the primary character and symbol coding system. (Computer makers other than IBM used the ASCII system since its inception in the 1960s.)

EBCDIC is widely considered to be an obsolete coding system, but is still used in some equipment, mainly in order to allow for continued use of software written many years ago that expects an EBCDIC communication environment.

The EBCDIC code assignments are shown in the following table.

Least Significant Bits

Most Sig. Bits \/

0
0000

1
0001

2
0010

3
0011

4
0100

5
0101

6
0110

7
0111

8
1000

9
1001

A
1010

B
1011

C
1100

D
1101

E
1110

F
1111

0
0000

NUL
(0)
00

SOH
(1)
01

STX
(2)
02

ETX
(3)
03

PF
(4)
04

HT
(5)
05

LC
(6)
06

DEL
(7)
07

GE
(8)
08

RLF
(9)
09

SMM
(10)
0A

VT
(11)
0B

FF
(12)
0C

CR
(13)
0D

SO
(14)
0E

SI
(15)
0F

1
0001

DLE
(16)
10

DC1
(17)
11

DC2
(18)
12

TM
(19)
13

RES
(20)
14

NL
(21)
15

BS
(22)
16

IL
(23)
17

CAN
(24)
18

EM
(25)
19

CC
(26)
1A

CUI
(27)
1B

IFS
(28)
1C

IGS
(29)
1D

IRS
(30)
1E

IUS
(31)
1F

2
0010

DS
(32)
20

SOS
(33)
21

FS
(34)
22

(35)
23

BYP
(36)
24

LF
(37)
25

ETB
(38)
26

ESC
(39)
27

(40)
28

(41)
29

SM
(42)
2A

CU2
(43)
2B

(44)
2C

ENQ
(45)
2D

ACK
(46)
2E

BEL
(47)
2F

3
0011

(48)
30

(49)
31

SYN
(50)
32

(51)
33

PN
(52)
34

RS
(53)
35

US
(54)
36

EOT
(55)
37

(56)
38

(57)
39

(58)
3A

CU3
(59)
3B

DC4
(60)
3C

NAK
(61)
3D

(62)
3E

SUB
(63)
3F

4
0100

SP
(64)
40

(65)
41

(66)
42

(67)
43

(68)
44

(69)
45

(70)
46

(71)
47

(72)
48

(73)
49

¢
(74)
4A

.
(75)
4B

<
(76)
4C

(
(77)
4D

+
(78)
4E

Note1
(79)
4F

5
0101

&
(80)
50

(81)
51

(82)
52

(83)
53

(84)
54

(85)
55

(86)
56

(87)
57

(88)
58

(89)
59

!
(90)
5A

$
(91)
5B

*
(92)
5C

)
(93)
5D

;
(94)
5E

¬
(95)
5F

6
0110

-
(96)
60

/
(97)
61

(98)
62

(99)
63

(100)
64

(101)
65

(102)
66

(103)
67

(104)
68

(105)
69

|
(106)
6A

,
(107)
6B

%
(108)
6C

_
(109)
6D

>
(110)
6E

?
(111)
6F

7
0111

(112)
70

(113)
71

(114)
72

(115)
73

(116)
74

(117)
75

(118)
76

(119)
77

(120)
78

`
(121)
79

:
(122)
7A

#
(123)
7B

@
(124)
7C

'
(125)
7D

=
(126)
7E

"
(127)
7F

8
1000

(128)
80

a
(129)
81

b
(130)
82

c
(131)
83

d
(132)
84

e
(133)
85

f
(134)
86

g
(135)
87

h
(136)
88

i
(137)
89

(138)
8A

(139)
8B

(140)
8C

(141)
8D

(142)
8E

(143)
8F

9
1001

(144)
90

j
(145)
91

k
(146)
92

l
(147)
93

m
(148)
94

n
(149)
95

o
(150)
96

p
(151)
97

q
(152)
98

r
(153)
99

(154)
9A

(155)
9B

(156)
9C

(157)
9D

(158)
9E

(159)
9F

A
1010

(160)
A0

~
(161)
A1

s
(162)
A2

t
(163)
A3

u
(164)
A4

v
(165)
A5

w
(166)
A6

x
(167)
A7

y
(168)
A8

z
(169)
A9

(170)
AA

(171)
AB

(172)
AC

(173)
AD

(174)
AE

(175)
AF

B
1011

(176)
B0

(177)
B1

(178)
B2

(179)
B3

(180)
B4

(181)
B5

(182)
B6

(183)
B7

(184)
B8

(185)
B9

(186)
BA

(187)
BB

(188)
BC

(189)
BD

(190)
BE

(191)
BF

C
1100

{
(192)
C0

A
(193)
C1

B
(194)
C2

C
(195)
C3

D
(196)
C4

E
(197)
C5

F
(198)
C6

G
(199)
C7

H
(200)
C8

I
(201)
C9

(202)
CA

(203)
CB

Note2
(204)
CC

(205)
CD

Note3
(206)
CE

(207)
CF

D
1101

}
(208)
D0

J
(209)
D1

K
(210)
D2

L
(211)
D3

M
(212)
D4

N
(213)
D5

O
(214)
D6

P
(215)
D7

Q
(216)
D8

R
(217)
D9

(218)
DA

(219)
DB

(220)
DC

(221)
DD

(222)
DE

(223)
DF

E
1110

\
(224)
E0

(225)
E1

S
(226)
E2

T
(227)
E3

U
(228)
E4

V
(229)
E5

W
(230)
E6

X
(231)
E7

Y
(232)
E8

Z
(233)
E9

(234)
EA

(235)
EB

Note4
(236)
EC

(237)
ED

(238)
EE

(239)
EF

F
1111

0
(240)
F0

1
(241)
F1

2
(242)
F2

3
(243)
F3

4
(244)
F4

5
(245)
F5

6
(246)
F6

7
(247)
F7

8
(248)
F8

9
(249)
F9

(250)
FA

(251)
FB

(252)
FC

(253)
FD

(254)
FE

(255)
FF

(Information on printing color tables on color printers can be found here.)

Notes:
The following EBCDIC characters have no equivalents in the ASCII or ISO-8859 character sets used on the Internet, and cannot be displayed in this table.
(1) Code 79 is a solid vertical bar, similar to the broken vertical bar (character 106).
(2) Code 204 is the mathematics integration symbol.
(3) Code 206 is a "Y" drawn with only right angles.
(4) Code 236 is a horizontally-flipped "h".

In this table, the code or symbol name is shown on the first line, followed by the decimal value for that code or symbol, followed by the hexadecimal value. The binary value can be computed based on the row and column where the code or symbol resides, or directly from the hexadecimal value. For example, the character "+" has the binary value "0100 1110", with "0100" taken from the row and "1110" taken from the column. Similarly, the lowercase letter 'p' has the binary value "1001 0111".

The background color for each code or symbol indicates the category that the code resides in. Red indicates control (non-printable) codes. Orange indicates basic punctuation and symbols. Yellow indicates numeric digits. Green indicates the uppercase letters. Blue indicates lowercase letters. Purple indicates codes that have no assigned function or symbol in IBMs U.S. assignments. (Some of these values do have character assignments when using the T-11 or TN print chains or fonts. T-11 and TN are generally supersets of the standard EBCDIC shown above.)

EBCDIC Character Code Reference

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