The special characters listed in Table 2.2 are represented in the computer by numeric values. The C
characters are assigned unique codes. There are many character codes used in the computer system.
The widely and standard codes used in computer are ASCII and EBCDIC (Extended Binary Coded
Decimal Interchange Code).
Table 2.2 List of special characters
,
Comma
&
Ampersand
.
Period or dot
^
Caret
;
Semi-colon
*
Asterisk
:
Colon
_
Minus sign
‘
Apostrophe
+
Plus sign
“
Quotation mark
<
Less than
!
Exclamation mark
>
Greater than
|
Vertical bar
()
Parenthesis (left/right)
/
Slash
[]
Brackets (left/right)
\
Back slash
{}
Curly braces (left/right)
˜
Tilde
%
Percent sign ...
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