What `char` Stores (ASCII Table)

`char`

chars are single byte unsigned integers that store the ASCII value of whatever character you put into it, they can also be used as number stores (for numbers that fit within a byte); that’s why this doesn’t work:

char c = '我';
printf("%c", c);

我 is not encoded in ASCII, and ASCII only stores stuff in 1 byte (8 bits), so this character is likely UTF-8 or higher. This applies for any characters not in ASCII

ASCII Table

A ~ Z: 65 – 90 | a ~ z: 92 – 122 | \0: NUL, added at the end of all strings

Dec	Hex	Oct	Html	Char
0	0	000		NUL
1	1	001		SOH
2	2	002		STX
3	3	003		ETX
4	4	004		EOT
5	5	005		ENQ
6	6	006		ACK
7	7	007		BEL
8	8	010		BS
9	9	011		TAB
10	A	012		LF
11	B	013		VT
12	C	014		FF
13	D	015		CR
14	E	016		SO
15	F	017		SI
16	10	020		DLE
17	11	021		DC1
18	12	022		DC2
19	13	023		DC3
20	14	024		DC4
21	15	025		NAK
22	16	026		SYN
23	17	027		ETB
24	18	030		CAN
25	19	031		EM
26	1A	032		SUB
27	1B	033		ESC
28	1C	034		FS
29	1D	035		GS
30	1E	036		RS
31	1F	037		US
32	20	040		Space
33	21	041	`!`	!
34	22	042	`"`	"
35	23	043	`#`	#
36	24	044	`$`	$
37	25	045	`%`	%
38	26	046	`&`	&
39	27	047	`'`	’
40	28	050	`(`	(
41	29	051	`)`	)
42	2A	052	`*`	*
43	2B	053	`+`	+
44	2C	054	`,`	,
45	2D	055	`-`	-
46	2E	056	`.`	.
47	2F	057	`/`	/
48	30	060	`0`	0
49	31	061	`1`	1
50	32	062	`2`	2
51	33	063	`3`	3
52	34	064	`4`	4
53	35	065	`5`	5
54	36	066	`6`	6
55	37	067	`7`	7
56	38	070	`8`	8
57	39	071	`9`	9
58	3A	072	`:`	:
59	3B	073	`;`	;
60	3C	074	`<`	<
61	3D	075	`=`	=
62	3E	076	`>`	>
63	3F	077	`?`	?
64	40	100	`@`	@
65	41	101	`A`	A
66	42	102	`B`	B
67	43	103	`C`	C
68	44	104	`D`	D
69	45	105	`E`	E
70	46	106	`F`	F
71	47	107	`G`	G
72	48	110	`H`	H
73	49	111	`I`	I
74	4A	112	`J`	J
75	4B	113	`K`	K
76	4C	114	`L`	L
77	4D	115	`M`	M
78	4E	116	`N`	N
79	4F	117	`O`	O
80	50	120	`P`	P
81	51	121	`Q`	Q
82	52	122	`R`	R
83	53	123	`S`	S
84	54	124	`T`	T
85	55	125	`U`	U
86	56	126	`V`	V
87	57	127	`W`	W
88	58	130	`X`	X
89	59	131	`Y`	Y
90	5A	132	`Z`	Z
91	5B	133	`[`	[
92	5C	134	`\`	\|
93	5D	135	`]`	]
94	5E	136	`^`	^
95	5F	137	`_`	_
96	60	140	```	`
97	61	141	`a`	a
98	62	142	`b`	b
99	63	143	`c`	c
100	64	144	`d`	d
101	65	145	`e`	e
102	66	146	`f`	f
103	67	147	`g`	g
104	68	150	`h`	h
105	69	151	`i`	i
106	6A	152	`j`	j
107	6B	153	`k`	k
108	6C	154	`l`	l
109	6D	155	`m`	m
110	6E	156	`n`	n
111	6F	157	`o`	o
112	70	160	`p`	p
113	71	161	`q`	q
114	72	162	`r`	r
115	73	163	`s`	s
116	74	164	`t`	t
117	75	165	`u`	u
118	76	166	`v`	v
119	77	167	`w`	w
120	78	170	`x`	x
121	79	171	`y`	y
122	7A	172	`z`	z
123	7B	173	`{`	{
124	7C	174	`\|`	\|
125	7D	175	`}`	}
126	7E	176	`~`	~
127	7F	177		DEL

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What char Stores (ASCII Table)

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ASCII Table

What `char` Stores (ASCII Table)

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