ASCII stands for American Standard Code of Information Interchange. There are 256 (0 to 255) distinct characters and each character has its own value known as ASCII value. With the help of ASCII value characters can easily be converted into binary code which is understandable by C compiler.
Character type | Range | No. of characters | ASCII value |
---|---|---|---|
Capital Letters | A to Z | 26 | 65 to 90 |
Small Letters | a to z | 26 | 97 to 122 |
Digits | 0 to 9 | 10 | 48 to 57 |
Special Symbols | 66 | 0-47, 58-64, 91-96, 123-127 | |
Graphics Character | 128 | 128 to 255 | |
Total | 256 |