Code Page 850 Encoding and Decoding

Code Page 850 (CP850), also known as IBM 00850, OEM 850, and MS-DOS Latin 1, is an extended ASCII character set used primarily for Western European languages in MS-DOS systems.

Code Page 850 (CP850) consists of 256 characters, where the first 128 characters are the same as ASCII. The remaining 128 characters (0x80 to 0xFF) include box-drawing characters, Western European alphabets and other symbols.

The following table displays ASCII control characters:

Decimal	Octal	Hexadecimal	Symbol	Description
0	000	00	␀	Null character
1	001	01	␁	Start of Heading
2	002	02	␂	Start of Text
3	003	03	␃	End of Text
4	004	04	␄	End of Transmission
5	005	05	␅	Enquiry
6	006	06	␆	Acknowledge
7	007	07	␇	Bell, Alert
8	010	08	␈	Backspace
9	011	09	␉	Horizontal Tab
10	012	0A	␊	Line Feed
11	013	0B	␋	Vertical Tabulation
12	014	0C	␌	Form Feed
13	015	0D	␍	Carriage Return
14	016	0E	␎	Shift Out
15	017	0F	␏	Shift In
16	020	10	␐	Data Link Escape
17	021	11	␑	Device Control One (XON)
18	022	12	␒	Device Control Two
19	023	13	␓	Device Control Three (XOFF)
20	024	14	␔	Device Control Four
21	025	15	␕	Negative Acknowledge
22	026	16	␖	Synchronous Idle
23	027	17	␗	End of Transmission Block
24	030	18	␘	Cancel
25	031	19	␙	End of medium
26	032	1A	␚	Substitute
27	033	1B	␛	Escape
28	034	1C	␜	File Separator
29	035	1D	␝	Group Separator
30	036	1E	␞	Record Separator
31	037	1F	␟	Unit Separator

The following table displays ASCII printable characters:

Decimal	Octal	Hexadecimal	Symbol	Description
32	040	20	␠	Space
33	041	21	!	Exclamation mark
34	042	22		Double quotes (or speech marks)
35	043	23	#	Number sign
36	044	24	$	Dollar
37	045	25	%	Per cent sign
38	046	26	&	Ampersand
39	047	27	'	Single quote
40	050	28	(	Open parenthesis (or open bracket)
41	051	29	)	Close parenthesis (or close bracket)
42	052	2A	*	Asterisk
43	053	2B	+	Plus
44	054	2C	,	Comma
45	055	2D	-	Hyphen-minus
46	056	2E	.	Period, dot or full stop
47	057	2F	/	Slash or divide
48	060	30	0	Zero
49	061	31	1	One
50	062	32	2	Two
51	063	33	3	Three
52	064	34	4	Four
53	065	35	5	Five
54	066	36	6	Six
55	067	37	7	Seven
56	070	38	8	Eight
57	071	39	9	Nine
58	072	3A	:	Colon
59	073	3B	;	Semicolon
60	074	3C	<	Less than (or open angled bracket)
61	075	3D	=	Equals
62	076	3E	>	Greater than (or close angled bracket)
63	077	3F	?	Question mark
64	100	40	@	At sign
65	101	41	A	Uppercase A
66	102	42	B	Uppercase B
67	103	43	C	Uppercase C
68	104	44	D	Uppercase D
69	105	45	E	Uppercase E
70	106	46	F	Uppercase F
71	107	47	G	Uppercase G
72	110	48	H	Uppercase H
73	111	49	I	Uppercase I
74	112	4A	J	Uppercase J
75	113	4B	K	Uppercase K
76	114	4C	L	Uppercase L
77	115	4D	M	Uppercase M
78	116	4E	N	Uppercase N
79	117	4F	O	Uppercase O
80	120	50	P	Uppercase P
81	121	51	Q	Uppercase Q
82	122	52	R	Uppercase R
83	123	53	S	Uppercase S
84	124	54	T	Uppercase T
85	125	55	U	Uppercase U
86	126	56	V	Uppercase V
87	127	57	W	Uppercase W
88	130	58	X	Uppercase X
89	131	59	Y	Uppercase Y
90	132	5A	Z	Uppercase Z
91	133	5B	[	Opening bracket
92	134	5C	\	Backslash
93	135	5D	]	Closing bracket
94	136	5E	^	Caret - circumflex
95	137	5F	_	Underscore
96	140	60	`	Grave accent
97	141	61	a	Lowercase a
98	142	62	b	Lowercase b
99	143	63	c	Lowercase c
100	144	64	d	Lowercase d
101	145	65	e	Lowercase e
102	146	66	f	Lowercase f
103	147	67	g	Lowercase g
104	150	68	h	Lowercase h
105	151	69	i	Lowercase i
106	152	6A	j	Lowercase j
107	153	6B	k	Lowercase k
108	154	6C	l	Lowercase l
109	155	6D	m	Lowercase m
110	156	6E	n	Lowercase n
111	157	6F	o	Lowercase o
112	160	70	p	Lowercase p
113	161	71	q	Lowercase q
114	162	72	r	Lowercase r
115	163	73	s	Lowercase s
116	164	74	t	Lowercase t
117	165	75	u	Lowercase u
118	166	76	v	Lowercase v
119	167	77	w	Lowercase w
120	170	78	x	Lowercase x
121	171	79	y	Lowercase y
122	172	7A	z	Lowercase z
123	173	7B	{	Opening brace
124	174	7C	\|	Vertical bar
125	175	7D	}	Closing brace
126	176	7E	~	Equivalency sign - tilde
127	177	7F	␡	Delete

The following table displays box-drawing characters, Western European alphabets and other special symbols:

Decimal	Octal	Hexadecimal	Symbol	Description
128	200	80	Ć	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH ACUTE
129	201	81	ü	LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS
130	202	82	é	LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
131	203	83	ā	LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH MACRON
132	204	84	ä	LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS
133	205	85	ģ	LATIN SMALL LETTER G WITH CEDILLA
134	206	86	å	LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
135	207	87	ć	LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH ACUTE
136	210	88	ł	LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH STROKE
137	211	89	ē	LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH MACRON
138	212	8A	Ŗ	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R WITH CEDILLA
139	213	8B	ŗ	LATIN SMALL LETTER R WITH CEDILLA
140	214	8C	ī	LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH MACRON
141	215	8D	Ź	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z WITH ACUTE
142	216	8E	Ä	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS
143	217	8F	Å	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
144	220	90	É	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
145	221	91	æ	LATIN SMALL LETTER AE
146	222	92	Æ	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER AE
147	223	93	ō	LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH MACRON
148	224	94	ö	LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS
149	225	95	Ģ	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G WITH CEDILLA
150	226	96	¢	CENT SIGN
151	227	97	Ś	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH ACUTE
152	230	98	ś	LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH ACUTE
153	231	99	Ö	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS
154	232	9A	Ü	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS
155	233	9B	ø	LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH STROKE
156	234	9C	£	POUND SIGN
157	235	9D	Ø	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH STROKE
158	236	9E	×	MULTIPLICATION SIGN
159	237	9F	¤	CURRENCY SIGN
160	240	A0	Ā	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH MACRON
161	241	A1	Ī	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH MACRON
162	242	A2	ó	LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH ACUTE
163	243	A3	Ż	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z WITH DOT ABOVE
164	244	A4	ż	LATIN SMALL LETTER Z WITH DOT ABOVE
165	245	A5	ź	LATIN SMALL LETTER Z WITH ACUTE
166	246	A6	”	RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK
167	247	A7	¦	BROKEN BAR
168	250	A8	©	COPYRIGHT SIGN
169	251	A9	®	REGISTERED SIGN
170	252	AA	¬	NOT SIGN
171	253	AB	½	VULGAR FRACTION ONE HALF
172	254	AC	¼	VULGAR FRACTION ONE QUARTER
173	255	AD	Ł	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L WITH STROKE
174	256	AE	«	LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
175	257	AF	»	RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
176	260	B0	░	LIGHT SHADE
177	261	B1	▒	MEDIUM SHADE
178	262	B2	▓	DARK SHADE
179	263	B3	│	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT VERTICAL
180	264	B4	┤	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT VERTICAL AND LEFT
181	265	B5	Ą	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH OGONEK
182	266	B6	Č	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CARON
183	267	B7	Ę	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH OGONEK
184	270	B8	Ė	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH DOT ABOVE
185	271	B9	╣	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE VERTICAL AND LEFT
186	272	BA	║	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE VERTICAL
187	273	BB	╗	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE DOWN AND LEFT
188	274	BC	╝	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE UP AND LEFT
189	275	BD	Į	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH OGONEK
190	276	BE	Š	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH CARON
191	277	BF	┐	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DOWN AND LEFT
192	300	C0	└	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT UP AND RIGHT
193	301	C1	┴	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT UP AND HORIZONTAL
194	302	C2	┬	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DOWN AND HORIZONTAL
195	303	C3	├	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT VERTICAL AND RIGHT
196	304	C4	─	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT HORIZONTAL
197	305	C5	┼	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL
198	306	C6	Ų	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH OGONEK
199	307	C7	Ū	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH MACRON
200	310	C8	╚	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE UP AND RIGHT
201	311	C9	╔	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE DOWN AND RIGHT
202	312	CA	╩	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE UP AND HORIZONTAL
203	313	CB	╦	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE DOWN AND HORIZONTAL
204	314	CC	╠	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE VERTICAL AND RIGHT
205	315	CD	═	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE HORIZONTAL
206	316	CE	╬	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL
207	317	CF	Ž	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z WITH CARON
208	320	D0	ą	LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH OGONEK
209	321	D1	č	LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CARON
210	322	D2	ę	LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH OGONEK
211	323	D3	ė	LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH DOT ABOVE
212	324	D4	į	LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH OGONEK
213	325	D5	š	LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CARON
214	326	D6	ų	LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH OGONEK
215	327	D7	ū	LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH MACRON
216	330	D8	ž	LATIN SMALL LETTER Z WITH CARON
217	331	D9	┘	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT UP AND LEFT
218	332	DA	┌	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DOWN AND RIGHT
219	333	DB	█	FULL BLOCK
220	334	DC	▄	LOWER HALF BLOCK
221	335	DD	▌	LEFT HALF BLOCK
222	336	DE	▐	RIGHT HALF BLOCK
223	337	DF	▀	UPPER HALF BLOCK
224	340	E0	Ó	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH ACUTE
225	341	E1	ß	LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S
226	342	E2	Ō	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH MACRON
227	343	E3	Ń	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH ACUTE
228	344	E4	õ	LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH TILDE
229	345	E5	Õ	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH TILDE
230	346	E6	µ	MICRO SIGN
231	347	E7	ń	LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH ACUTE
232	350	E8	Ķ	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K WITH CEDILLA
233	351	E9	ķ	LATIN SMALL LETTER K WITH CEDILLA
234	352	EA	Ļ	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L WITH CEDILLA
235	353	EB	ļ	LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH CEDILLA
236	354	EC	ņ	LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH CEDILLA
237	355	ED	Ē	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH MACRON
238	356	EE	Ņ	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH CEDILLA
239	357	EF	’	RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK
240	360	F0		SOFT HYPHEN
241	361	F1	±	PLUS-MINUS SIGN
242	362	F2	“	LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK
243	363	F3	¾	VULGAR FRACTION THREE QUARTERS
244	364	F4	¶	PILCROW SIGN
245	365	F5	§	SECTION SIGN
246	366	F6	÷	DIVISION SIGN
247	367	F7	„	DOUBLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK
248	370	F8	°	DEGREE SIGN
249	371	F9	∙	BULLET OPERATOR
250	372	FA	·	MIDDLE DOT
251	373	FB	¹	SUPERSCRIPT ONE
252	374	FC	³	SUPERSCRIPT THREE
253	375	FD	²	SUPERSCRIPT TWO
254	376	FE	■	BLACK SQUARE
255	377	FF		NO-BREAK SPACE

Code Page 850 Encoding and Decoding

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