ISO-8859-2 Encoding and Decoding

ISO-8859-2, also known as Latin-2 or ISO Latin-2, is part of the ISO/IEC 8859 series of character encodings. It was designed to cover Central and Eastern European languages that use the Latin alphabet.

ISO-8859-2 consists of 256 characters, where the first 128 characters are the same as ASCII. The remaining 128 characters cover additional symbols, accented letters, and special characters necessary for Central and Eastern European languages (such as Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, and Romanian).

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 characters and symbols for Central and Eastern European languages (such as Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, and Romanian):

Decimal	Octal	Hexadecimal	Symbol	Description
128	200	80		control
129	201	81		control
130	202	82		control
131	203	83		control
132	204	84		control
133	205	85		control
134	206	86		control
135	207	87		control
136	210	88		control
137	211	89		control
138	212	8A		control
139	213	8B		control
140	214	8C		control
141	215	8D		control
142	216	8E		control
143	217	8F		control
144	220	90		control
145	221	91		control
146	222	92		control
147	223	93		control
148	224	94		control
149	225	95		control
150	226	96		control
151	227	97		control
152	230	98		control
153	231	99		control
154	232	9A		control
155	233	9B		control
156	234	9C		control
157	235	9D		control
158	236	9E		control
159	237	9F		control
160	240	A0		Non-breaking space
161	241	A1	Ą	Latin capital letter A with ogonek
162	242	A2	˘	Breve
163	243	A3	Ł	Latin capital letter L with stroke
164	244	A4	¤	Currency sign
165	245	A5	Ľ	Latin capital letter L with caron
166	246	A6	Ś	Latin capital letter S with acute
167	247	A7	§	Section sign
168	250	A8	¨	Spacing diaeresis - umlaut
169	251	A9	Š	Latin capital letter S with caron
170	252	AA	Ş	Latin capital letter S with cedilla
171	253	AB	Ť	Latin capital letter T with caron
172	254	AC	Ź	Latin capital letter Z with acute
173	255	AD		Soft hyphen
174	256	AE	Ž	Latin capital letter Z with caron
175	257	AF	Ż	Latin capital letter Z with dot above
176	260	B0	°	Degree sign
177	261	B1	ą	Latin small letter a with ogonek
178	262	B2	˛	Ogonek
179	263	B3	ł	Latin small letter l with stroke
180	264	B4	´	Acute accent - spacing acute
181	265	B5	ľ	Latin small letter l with caron
182	266	B6	ś	Latin small letter s with acute
183	267	B7	ˇ	Caron
184	270	B8	¸	Spacing cedilla
185	271	B9	š	Latin small letter S with caron
186	272	BA	ş	Latin small letter s with cedilla
187	273	BB	ť	Latin small letter t with caron
188	274	BC	ź	Latin small letter z with acute
189	275	BD	˝	Double acute accent
190	276	BE	ž	Latin small letter z with caron
191	277	BF	ż	Latin small letter z with dot above
192	300	C0	Ŕ	Latin capital letter R with acute
193	301	C1	Á	Latin capital letter A with acute
194	302	C2	Â	Latin capital letter A with circumflex
195	303	C3	Ă	Latin capital letter A with breve
196	304	C4	Ä	Latin capital letter A with diaeresis
197	305	C5	Ĺ	Latin capital letter L with acute
198	306	C6	Ć	Latin capital letter C with acute
199	307	C7	Ç	Latin capital letter C with cedilla
200	310	C8	Č	Latin capital letter C with caron
201	311	C9	É	Latin capital letter E with acute
202	312	CA	Ę	Latin capital letter E with ogonek
203	313	CB	Ë	Latin capital letter E with diaeresis
204	314	CC	Ě	Latin capital letter E with caron
205	315	CD	Í	Latin capital letter I with acute
206	316	CE	Î	Latin capital letter I with circumflex
207	317	CF	Ď	Latin capital letter D with caron
208	320	D0	Đ	Latin capital letter D with stroke
209	321	D1	Ń	Latin capital letter N with acute
210	322	D2	Ň	Latin capital letter N with caron
211	323	D3	Ó	Latin capital letter O with acute
212	324	D4	Ô	Latin capital letter O with circumflex
213	325	D5	Ő	Latin capital letter O with double acute
214	326	D6	Ö	Latin capital letter O with diaeresis
215	327	D7	×	Multiplication sign
216	330	D8	Ř	Latin capital letter R with caron
217	331	D9	Ů	Latin capital letter U with ring above
218	332	DA	Ú	Latin capital letter U with acute
219	333	DB	Ű	Latin capital letter U with double acute
220	334	DC	Ü	Latin capital letter U with diaeresis
221	335	DD	Ý	Latin capital letter Y with acute
222	336	DE	Ţ	Latin capital letter T with cedilla
223	337	DF	ß	Latin small letter sharp s - ess-zed
224	340	E0	ŕ	Latin small letter r with acute
225	341	E1	á	Latin small letter a with acute
226	342	E2	â	Latin small letter a with circumflex
227	343	E3	ă	Latin small letter a with breve
228	344	E4	ä	Latin small letter a with diaeresis
229	345	E5	ĺ	Latin small letter l with acute
230	346	E6	ć	Latin small letter c with acute
231	347	E7	ç	Latin small letter c with cedilla
232	350	E8	č	Latin small letter c with caron
233	351	E9	é	Latin small letter e with acute
234	352	EA	ę	Latin small letter e with ogonek
235	353	EB	ë	Latin small letter e with diaeresis
236	354	EC	ě	Latin small letter e with caron
237	355	ED	í	Latin small letter i with acute
238	356	EE	î	Latin small letter i with circumflex
239	357	EF	ď	Latin small letter d with caron
240	360	F0	đ	Latin small letter d with stroke
241	361	F1	ń	Latin xmall letter n with acute
242	362	F2	ň	Latin small letter n with caron
243	363	F3	ó	Latin small letter o with acute
244	364	F4	ô	Latin small letter o with circumflex
245	365	F5	ő	Latin small letter o with double acute
246	366	F6	ö	Latin small letter o with diaeresis
247	367	F7	÷	Division sign
248	370	F8	ř	Latin small letter r with caron
249	371	F9	ů	Latin small letter u with ring above
250	372	FA	ú	Latin small letter u with acute
251	373	FB	ű	Latin small letter u with double acute
252	374	FC	ü	Latin small letter u with diaeresis
253	375	FD	ý	Latin small letter y with acute
254	376	FE	ţ	Latin small letter t with cedilla
255	377	FF	˙	Dot above

ISO-8859-2 Encoding and Decoding

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