Code Page 437

The original IBM PC character set, used in DOS and the BIOS.

Code Page 437 (CP437) is the original character set of the IBM PC, introduced in 1981. It includes ASCII characters 0-127, plus an extended set of 128 characters featuring accented letters for Western European languages, box-drawing characters for creating text-mode user interfaces, Greek letters for mathematical notation, and various block and shade characters. CP437 was the default encoding for all IBM PCs and DOS systems, and its box-drawing characters became iconic in early computing. While it has been largely superseded by Unicode, CP437 remains important for retro computing, terminal emulators, and understanding computing history.

DEC	HEX	OCT	BIN	Symbol	Unicode	HTML	Description
0	0x00	000	00000000	NUL	U+0000		Control character (NUL)
1	0x01	001	00000001	SOH	U+0001		Control character (SOH)
2	0x02	002	00000010	STX	U+0002		Control character (STX)
3	0x03	003	00000011	ETX	U+0003		Control character (ETX)
4	0x04	004	00000100	EOT	U+0004		Control character (EOT)
5	0x05	005	00000101	ENQ	U+0005		Control character (ENQ)
6	0x06	006	00000110	ACK	U+0006		Control character (ACK)
7	0x07	007	00000111	BEL	U+0007		Control character (BEL)
8	0x08	010	00001000	BS	U+0008		Control character (BS)
9	0x09	011	00001001	HT	U+0009		Control character (HT)
10	0x0A	012	00001010	LF	U+000A		Control character (LF)
11	0x0B	013	00001011	VT	U+000B		Control character (VT)
12	0x0C	014	00001100	FF	U+000C		Control character (FF)
13	0x0D	015	00001101	CR	U+000D		Control character (CR)
14	0x0E	016	00001110	SO	U+000E		Control character (SO)
15	0x0F	017	00001111	SI	U+000F		Control character (SI)
16	0x10	020	00010000	DLE	U+0010		Control character (DLE)
17	0x11	021	00010001	DC1	U+0011		Control character (DC1)
18	0x12	022	00010010	DC2	U+0012		Control character (DC2)
19	0x13	023	00010011	DC3	U+0013		Control character (DC3)
20	0x14	024	00010100	DC4	U+0014		Control character (DC4)
21	0x15	025	00010101	NAK	U+0015		Control character (NAK)
22	0x16	026	00010110	SYN	U+0016		Control character (SYN)
23	0x17	027	00010111	ETB	U+0017		Control character (ETB)
24	0x18	030	00011000	CAN	U+0018		Control character (CAN)
25	0x19	031	00011001	EM	U+0019		Control character (EM)
26	0x1A	032	00011010	SUB	U+001A		Control character (SUB)
27	0x1B	033	00011011	ESC	U+001B		Control character (ESC)
28	0x1C	034	00011100	FS	U+001C		Control character (FS)
29	0x1D	035	00011101	GS	U+001D		Control character (GS)
30	0x1E	036	00011110	RS	U+001E		Control character (RS)
31	0x1F	037	00011111	US	U+001F		Control character (US)
32	0x20	040	00100000		U+0020		U+0020
33	0x21	041	00100001	!	U+0021	!	U+0021
34	0x22	042	00100010	"	U+0022	"	U+0022
35	0x23	043	00100011	#	U+0023	#	U+0023
36	0x24	044	00100100	$	U+0024	$	U+0024
37	0x25	045	00100101	%	U+0025	%	U+0025
38	0x26	046	00100110	&	U+0026	&	U+0026
39	0x27	047	00100111	'	U+0027	'	U+0027
40	0x28	050	00101000	(	U+0028	(	U+0028
41	0x29	051	00101001	)	U+0029	)	U+0029
42	0x2A	052	00101010	*	U+002A	*	U+002A
43	0x2B	053	00101011	+	U+002B	+	U+002B
44	0x2C	054	00101100	,	U+002C	,	U+002C
45	0x2D	055	00101101	-	U+002D	-	U+002D
46	0x2E	056	00101110	.	U+002E	.	U+002E
47	0x2F	057	00101111	/	U+002F	/	U+002F
48	0x30	060	00110000	0	U+0030	0	U+0030
49	0x31	061	00110001	1	U+0031	1	U+0031
50	0x32	062	00110010	2	U+0032	2	U+0032
51	0x33	063	00110011	3	U+0033	3	U+0033
52	0x34	064	00110100	4	U+0034	4	U+0034
53	0x35	065	00110101	5	U+0035	5	U+0035
54	0x36	066	00110110	6	U+0036	6	U+0036
55	0x37	067	00110111	7	U+0037	7	U+0037
56	0x38	070	00111000	8	U+0038	8	U+0038
57	0x39	071	00111001	9	U+0039	9	U+0039
58	0x3A	072	00111010	:	U+003A	:	U+003A
59	0x3B	073	00111011	;	U+003B	;	U+003B
60	0x3C	074	00111100	<	U+003C	<	U+003C
61	0x3D	075	00111101	=	U+003D	=	U+003D
62	0x3E	076	00111110	>	U+003E	>	U+003E
63	0x3F	077	00111111	?	U+003F	?	U+003F
64	0x40	100	01000000	@	U+0040	@	U+0040
65	0x41	101	01000001	A	U+0041	A	U+0041
66	0x42	102	01000010	B	U+0042	B	U+0042
67	0x43	103	01000011	C	U+0043	C	U+0043
68	0x44	104	01000100	D	U+0044	D	U+0044
69	0x45	105	01000101	E	U+0045	E	U+0045
70	0x46	106	01000110	F	U+0046	F	U+0046
71	0x47	107	01000111	G	U+0047	G	U+0047
72	0x48	110	01001000	H	U+0048	H	U+0048
73	0x49	111	01001001	I	U+0049	I	U+0049
74	0x4A	112	01001010	J	U+004A	J	U+004A
75	0x4B	113	01001011	K	U+004B	K	U+004B
76	0x4C	114	01001100	L	U+004C	L	U+004C
77	0x4D	115	01001101	M	U+004D	M	U+004D
78	0x4E	116	01001110	N	U+004E	N	U+004E
79	0x4F	117	01001111	O	U+004F	O	U+004F
80	0x50	120	01010000	P	U+0050	P	U+0050
81	0x51	121	01010001	Q	U+0051	Q	U+0051
82	0x52	122	01010010	R	U+0052	R	U+0052
83	0x53	123	01010011	S	U+0053	S	U+0053
84	0x54	124	01010100	T	U+0054	T	U+0054
85	0x55	125	01010101	U	U+0055	U	U+0055
86	0x56	126	01010110	V	U+0056	V	U+0056
87	0x57	127	01010111	W	U+0057	W	U+0057
88	0x58	130	01011000	X	U+0058	X	U+0058
89	0x59	131	01011001	Y	U+0059	Y	U+0059
90	0x5A	132	01011010	Z	U+005A	Z	U+005A
91	0x5B	133	01011011	[	U+005B	[	U+005B
92	0x5C	134	01011100	\	U+005C	\	U+005C
93	0x5D	135	01011101	]	U+005D	]	U+005D
94	0x5E	136	01011110	^	U+005E	^	U+005E
95	0x5F	137	01011111	_	U+005F	_	U+005F
96	0x60	140	01100000	`	U+0060	`	U+0060
97	0x61	141	01100001	a	U+0061	a	U+0061
98	0x62	142	01100010	b	U+0062	b	U+0062
99	0x63	143	01100011	c	U+0063	c	U+0063
100	0x64	144	01100100	d	U+0064	d	U+0064
101	0x65	145	01100101	e	U+0065	e	U+0065
102	0x66	146	01100110	f	U+0066	f	U+0066
103	0x67	147	01100111	g	U+0067	g	U+0067
104	0x68	150	01101000	h	U+0068	h	U+0068
105	0x69	151	01101001	i	U+0069	i	U+0069
106	0x6A	152	01101010	j	U+006A	j	U+006A
107	0x6B	153	01101011	k	U+006B	k	U+006B
108	0x6C	154	01101100	l	U+006C	l	U+006C
109	0x6D	155	01101101	m	U+006D	m	U+006D
110	0x6E	156	01101110	n	U+006E	n	U+006E
111	0x6F	157	01101111	o	U+006F	o	U+006F
112	0x70	160	01110000	p	U+0070	p	U+0070
113	0x71	161	01110001	q	U+0071	q	U+0071
114	0x72	162	01110010	r	U+0072	r	U+0072
115	0x73	163	01110011	s	U+0073	s	U+0073
116	0x74	164	01110100	t	U+0074	t	U+0074
117	0x75	165	01110101	u	U+0075	u	U+0075
118	0x76	166	01110110	v	U+0076	v	U+0076
119	0x77	167	01110111	w	U+0077	w	U+0077
120	0x78	170	01111000	x	U+0078	x	U+0078
121	0x79	171	01111001	y	U+0079	y	U+0079
122	0x7A	172	01111010	z	U+007A	z	U+007A
123	0x7B	173	01111011	{	U+007B	{	U+007B
124	0x7C	174	01111100	\|	U+007C	\|	U+007C
125	0x7D	175	01111101	}	U+007D	}	U+007D
126	0x7E	176	01111110	~	U+007E	~	U+007E
127	0x7F	177	01111111	DEL	U+007F		Control character (DEL)
128	0x80	200	10000000	Ç	U+00C7	Ç	U+00C7
129	0x81	201	10000001	ü	U+00FC	ü	U+00FC
130	0x82	202	10000010	é	U+00E9	é	U+00E9
131	0x83	203	10000011	â	U+00E2	â	U+00E2
132	0x84	204	10000100	ä	U+00E4	ä	U+00E4
133	0x85	205	10000101	à	U+00E0	à	U+00E0
134	0x86	206	10000110	å	U+00E5	å	U+00E5
135	0x87	207	10000111	ç	U+00E7	ç	U+00E7
136	0x88	210	10001000	ê	U+00EA	ê	U+00EA
137	0x89	211	10001001	ë	U+00EB	ë	U+00EB
138	0x8A	212	10001010	è	U+00E8	è	U+00E8
139	0x8B	213	10001011	ï	U+00EF	ï	U+00EF
140	0x8C	214	10001100	î	U+00EE	î	U+00EE
141	0x8D	215	10001101	ì	U+00EC	ì	U+00EC
142	0x8E	216	10001110	Ä	U+00C4	Ä	U+00C4
143	0x8F	217	10001111	Å	U+00C5	Å	U+00C5
144	0x90	220	10010000	É	U+00C9	É	U+00C9
145	0x91	221	10010001	æ	U+00E6	æ	U+00E6
146	0x92	222	10010010	Æ	U+00C6	Æ	U+00C6
147	0x93	223	10010011	ô	U+00F4	ô	U+00F4
148	0x94	224	10010100	ö	U+00F6	ö	U+00F6
149	0x95	225	10010101	ò	U+00F2	ò	U+00F2
150	0x96	226	10010110	û	U+00FB	û	U+00FB
151	0x97	227	10010111	ù	U+00F9	ù	U+00F9
152	0x98	230	10011000	ÿ	U+00FF	ÿ	U+00FF
153	0x99	231	10011001	Ö	U+00D6	Ö	U+00D6
154	0x9A	232	10011010	Ü	U+00DC	Ü	U+00DC
155	0x9B	233	10011011	¢	U+00A2	¢	U+00A2
156	0x9C	234	10011100	£	U+00A3	£	U+00A3
157	0x9D	235	10011101	¥	U+00A5	¥	U+00A5
158	0x9E	236	10011110	₧	U+20A7	₧	U+20A7
159	0x9F	237	10011111	ƒ	U+0192	ƒ	U+0192
160	0xA0	240	10100000	á	U+00E1	á	U+00E1
161	0xA1	241	10100001	í	U+00ED	í	U+00ED
162	0xA2	242	10100010	ó	U+00F3	ó	U+00F3
163	0xA3	243	10100011	ú	U+00FA	ú	U+00FA
164	0xA4	244	10100100	ñ	U+00F1	ñ	U+00F1
165	0xA5	245	10100101	Ñ	U+00D1	Ñ	U+00D1
166	0xA6	246	10100110	ª	U+00AA	ª	U+00AA
167	0xA7	247	10100111	º	U+00BA	º	U+00BA
168	0xA8	250	10101000	¿	U+00BF	¿	U+00BF
169	0xA9	251	10101001	⌐	U+2310	⌐	U+2310
170	0xAA	252	10101010	¬	U+00AC	¬	U+00AC
171	0xAB	253	10101011	½	U+00BD	½	U+00BD
172	0xAC	254	10101100	¼	U+00BC	¼	U+00BC
173	0xAD	255	10101101	¡	U+00A1	¡	U+00A1
174	0xAE	256	10101110	«	U+00AB	«	U+00AB
175	0xAF	257	10101111	»	U+00BB	»	U+00BB
176	0xB0	260	10110000	░	U+2591	░	U+2591
177	0xB1	261	10110001	▒	U+2592	▒	U+2592
178	0xB2	262	10110010	▓	U+2593	▓	U+2593
179	0xB3	263	10110011	│	U+2502	│	U+2502
180	0xB4	264	10110100	┤	U+2524	┤	U+2524
181	0xB5	265	10110101	╡	U+2561	╡	U+2561
182	0xB6	266	10110110	╢	U+2562	╢	U+2562
183	0xB7	267	10110111	╖	U+2556	╖	U+2556
184	0xB8	270	10111000	╕	U+2555	╕	U+2555
185	0xB9	271	10111001	╣	U+2563	╣	U+2563
186	0xBA	272	10111010	║	U+2551	║	U+2551
187	0xBB	273	10111011	╗	U+2557	╗	U+2557
188	0xBC	274	10111100	╝	U+255D	╝	U+255D
189	0xBD	275	10111101	╜	U+255C	╜	U+255C
190	0xBE	276	10111110	╛	U+255B	╛	U+255B
191	0xBF	277	10111111	┐	U+2510	┐	U+2510
192	0xC0	300	11000000	└	U+2514	└	U+2514
193	0xC1	301	11000001	┴	U+2534	┴	U+2534
194	0xC2	302	11000010	┬	U+252C	┬	U+252C
195	0xC3	303	11000011	├	U+251C	├	U+251C
196	0xC4	304	11000100	─	U+2500	─	U+2500
197	0xC5	305	11000101	┼	U+253C	┼	U+253C
198	0xC6	306	11000110	╞	U+255E	╞	U+255E
199	0xC7	307	11000111	╟	U+255F	╟	U+255F
200	0xC8	310	11001000	╚	U+255A	╚	U+255A
201	0xC9	311	11001001	╔	U+2554	╔	U+2554
202	0xCA	312	11001010	╩	U+2569	╩	U+2569
203	0xCB	313	11001011	╦	U+2566	╦	U+2566
204	0xCC	314	11001100	╠	U+2560	╠	U+2560
205	0xCD	315	11001101	═	U+2550	═	U+2550
206	0xCE	316	11001110	╬	U+256C	╬	U+256C
207	0xCF	317	11001111	╧	U+2567	╧	U+2567
208	0xD0	320	11010000	╨	U+2568	╨	U+2568
209	0xD1	321	11010001	╤	U+2564	╤	U+2564
210	0xD2	322	11010010	╥	U+2565	╥	U+2565
211	0xD3	323	11010011	╙	U+2559	╙	U+2559
212	0xD4	324	11010100	╘	U+2558	╘	U+2558
213	0xD5	325	11010101	╒	U+2552	╒	U+2552
214	0xD6	326	11010110	╓	U+2553	╓	U+2553
215	0xD7	327	11010111	╫	U+256B	╫	U+256B
216	0xD8	330	11011000	╪	U+256A	╪	U+256A
217	0xD9	331	11011001	┘	U+2518	┘	U+2518
218	0xDA	332	11011010	┌	U+250C	┌	U+250C
219	0xDB	333	11011011	█	U+2588	█	U+2588
220	0xDC	334	11011100	▄	U+2584	▄	U+2584
221	0xDD	335	11011101	▌	U+258C	▌	U+258C
222	0xDE	336	11011110	▐	U+2590	▐	U+2590
223	0xDF	337	11011111	▀	U+2580	▀	U+2580
224	0xE0	340	11100000	α	U+03B1	α	U+03B1
225	0xE1	341	11100001	ß	U+00DF	ß	U+00DF
226	0xE2	342	11100010	Γ	U+0393	Γ	U+0393
227	0xE3	343	11100011	π	U+03C0	π	U+03C0
228	0xE4	344	11100100	Σ	U+03A3	Σ	U+03A3
229	0xE5	345	11100101	σ	U+03C3	σ	U+03C3
230	0xE6	346	11100110	µ	U+00B5	µ	U+00B5
231	0xE7	347	11100111	τ	U+03C4	τ	U+03C4
232	0xE8	350	11101000	Φ	U+03A6	Φ	U+03A6
233	0xE9	351	11101001	Θ	U+0398	Θ	U+0398
234	0xEA	352	11101010	Ω	U+03A9	Ω	U+03A9
235	0xEB	353	11101011	δ	U+03B4	δ	U+03B4
236	0xEC	354	11101100	∞	U+221E	∞	U+221E
237	0xED	355	11101101	φ	U+03C6	φ	U+03C6
238	0xEE	356	11101110	ε	U+03B5	ε	U+03B5
239	0xEF	357	11101111	∩	U+2229	∩	U+2229
240	0xF0	360	11110000	≡	U+2261	≡	U+2261
241	0xF1	361	11110001	±	U+00B1	±	U+00B1
242	0xF2	362	11110010	≥	U+2265	≥	U+2265
243	0xF3	363	11110011	≤	U+2264	≤	U+2264
244	0xF4	364	11110100	⌠	U+2320	⌠	U+2320
245	0xF5	365	11110101	⌡	U+2321	⌡	U+2321
246	0xF6	366	11110110	÷	U+00F7	÷	U+00F7
247	0xF7	367	11110111	≈	U+2248	≈	U+2248
248	0xF8	370	11111000	°	U+00B0	°	U+00B0
249	0xF9	371	11111001	∙	U+2219	∙	U+2219
250	0xFA	372	11111010	·	U+00B7	·	U+00B7
251	0xFB	373	11111011	√	U+221A	√	U+221A
252	0xFC	374	11111100	ⁿ	U+207F	ⁿ	U+207F
253	0xFD	375	11111101	²	U+00B2	²	U+00B2
254	0xFE	376	11111110	■	U+25A0	■	U+25A0
255	0xFF	377	11111111		U+00A0		U+00A0

Other Character Sets

Windows-1252 ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1) ISO 8859-2 (Latin-2)