<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>7.2. Character names</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="ecl.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The ECL manual"><link rel="up" href="ch07.html" title="Chapter 7. Characters"><link rel="prev" href="ch07.html" title="Chapter 7. Characters"><link rel="next" href="ch07s03.html" title="7.3. Line Divisions"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">7.2. Character names</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch07.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 7. Characters</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch07s03.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="section" title="7.2. Character names"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="sec.ansi.character-names"></a>7.2. Character names</h2></div></div></div><p>All characters have a name. For non-printing characters between 0 and 32, and for 127 we use the ordinary <acronym class="acronym">ASCII</acronym> names. Characters above 127 are printed and read using Unicode notation as in <code class="literal">#U0126</code>, where the <code class="literal">U</code> is followed by the hexadecimal code.</p><div class="table"><a name="table.character-names"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 7.1. Examples of character names</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Examples of character names" border="1"><colgroup><col><col></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Character</th><th>Code</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code class="literal">#\Null</code></td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal">#\Ack</code></td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal">#\Bell</code></td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal">#\Backspace</code></td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal">#\Tab</code></td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal">#\Newline</code></td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal">#\Linefeed</code></td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal">#\Page</code></td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal">#\Esc</code></td><td>27</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal">#\Escape</code></td><td>27</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal">#\Space</code></td><td>32</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal">#\Rubout</code></td><td>127</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal">#\U0080</code></td><td>128</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break"><p>Note that <code class="literal">#\Linefeed</code> is synonymous with <code class="literal">#\Newline</code> and thus is a member of <span class="type">standard-char</span>.</p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch07.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="ch07.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch07s03.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Chapter 7. Characters </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 7.3. Line Divisions</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
