SO

ASCII Code 14

Shift Out

About This Character

ASCII code 14 (0x0E) represents the Shift Out (SO) control character. This is a non-printable character defined in the original ASCII standard (1963). It is a miscellaneous control character with special significance in text processing and data communication. Control characters occupy codes 0–31 and 127 in the ASCII table and were originally designed for controlling hardware devices, managing communication links, and formatting text output. While many control characters have become obsolete with modern computing, several like LF (Line Feed), CR (Carriage Return), TAB, and ESC remain essential in everyday programming and text processing.

Character Encoding

Decimal 14
Octal 016
Hexadecimal 0x0E
Binary 00001110
HTML Code 
HTML Entity
Unicode U+000E
Unicode Name SHIFT OUT
URL Escape %0E
Quoted-Printable =0E
UTF-8 (Hex) 0E
Category Control — Miscellaneous Control

How to Type in Code

JavaScript
// Using escape sequence
let char = '\x0E';
// Using String.fromCharCode
let char2 = String.fromCharCode(14);
Python
# Using escape sequence
char = '\x0e'
# Using chr()
char = chr(14)
HTML
<!-- Using HTML entity -->
&#14;
C#
// Using escape sequence
char c = '\x0E';
// Using cast
char c2 = (char)14;

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