Character Code Table
Look up the character code — Unicode and ASCII — for any character in your text.
The number behind every character
Every character has an underlying code point, the number a computer actually stores. This shows the code for each character in your text — the Unicode value, and the ASCII value for basic ones — so you can identify an unusual symbol, find the code for a character you need to enter another way, or simply understand what is really in a string.
Paste text or a character and its codes are listed.
Where the codes come in handy
Character codes solve real puzzles. That strange character that will not display right, the difference between a hyphen and a dash that look identical, an invisible character breaking a comparison — the code point tells them apart definitively where your eyes cannot. Developers use codes to enter characters in strings and escape sequences; anyone can use the table to identify a mystery symbol pasted from somewhere.
Questions & answers
What codes does it show?
The Unicode code point for each character, and the ASCII value for the basic ones.
Why would I need a character's code?
To identify a mystery symbol, tell apart look-alike characters, or enter a character by its code elsewhere.
Is my text uploaded?
No. The lookup happens in your browser.