ASCII printable characters

ASCII printable characters are characters in the ASCII character set that can be displayed and printed on a device, such as a screen or printer. These characters are represented by code values 32 through 126 in the ASCII character set.

Examples of ASCII printable characters include:

• Alphabetic characters (upper- and lowercase letters)


• Numeric characters (digits 0 through 9)


• Punctuation marks (such as periods, commas, and semicolons)


• Various symbols (such as the dollar sign, the at sign, and the asterisk)

These characters are used to represent human-readable text, such as letters, words, and sentences. The ASCII printable characters provide a basic set of characters that can be used to write text in a variety of languages and scripts, and they are widely used in computer systems and communications protocols for this purpose.

In modern computer systems, the ASCII printable characters are often used in conjunction with more advanced character sets and encodings, such as Unicode, that provide support for a wider range of characters and scripts. However, the ASCII printable characters remain an important part of the computing landscape, and they continue to be widely used in many applications and systems.