ASCII Code to Text Converter

This converter works on code values, one at a time, from the table. Codes run from 0 to 127; anything above that is reported as out of range. For whole text rather than single codes, use Binary to Text; for code values above 127, use Decimal to Text.

Going the other way? Convert text back to ASCII code →

How do you convert ASCII code to text?

ASCII Code to text conversion reads each value as a code between 0 and 127 and looks up the character that the ASCII table gives for it.

1. Read the first value. This example uses 65.
2. Convert it to a decimal code if it is not one already: 65.
3. Look that code up in the table. 65 is A.
4. Repeat for every value and join the results: 65 = A.

ASCII Code to Text Conversion Table

The codes this page works through, each with the character it stands for and the same value in hex, octal and binary. Find the code in the first column and read across; the row is the whole conversion. Codes 0 to 31 and 127 have no glyph, so the Char column shows their short name instead. This page shows the rows you need; ASCII code chart (decimal, hex, octal, binary) carries all 128.

Worked Example: 65 to Text

One code value, taken from the table and written out in full. This is the same working the converter shows when you turn on "show steps".

Start with the code itself: 65. The table gives one row per code from 0 to 127, and that row is the whole answer — there is no arithmetic to get wrong, only a row to find. Reading the row across gives the same value in every base the table carries.

The row gives A directly. Nothing is padded and nothing is rounded, so a code either has a row or it is out of range — and the converter says which. That is the difference between a lookup and a calculation, and it is why the answer here can be checked by eye against the table above.

Check it in reverse

The value looks the same read backwards. A maps to code 65, and code 65 maps to 65 — the table is a two-way lookup, not a calculation, so no rounding or padding can change the answer. To verify the result by hand, convert the characters back to ASCII codes and compare it with the code you started from.

Worked examples: ASCII code to text

Each example gives the value first, then the working. Click a value to load it in the converter.

Every example above reverses exactly — look the same characters up as ASCII codes.

What Changes the Code Output?

Values above 127

A value above 127 is out of range and the converter says so rather than guessing. Codes 128–255 belong to extended sets such as Latin-1, not to ASCII, so there is no single right character for them. the ASCII code chart in four bases lists every code that is in range.

Which base the code is written in

The same code can be typed as decimal, hex, octal or binary, and the base selector says which one you mean. 65, 41, 101 and 01000001 are all the letter A. Pick the wrong base and you look up a different row.

Control codes and printable codes

Codes 32 to 126 are printable characters; 0–31 and 127 are control codes. A control code has no glyph, so the table shows its short name instead — 10 is LF, 13 is CR. Converting one is valid; displaying one is not.

One code or a list

Several codes separated by spaces convert as a list, in order, and each keeps its own row. The separator is a display choice and does not change any value.

ASCII Code to Text in Code

The same rule in one line. Both take code values and return the characters.

Python: bytes(int(g, 10) for g in s.split()).decode('utf-8')

JavaScript: new TextDecoder().decode(new Uint8Array(s.split(/\s+/).map(g => parseInt(g, 10))))

Common Mistakes

• Typing text where a code value belongs. The converter reads 72 as one code, not as the characters 7 and 2 — for whole text use convert binary to text.
• Reading a code in the wrong base. 41 is A in hex and ) in decimal.
• Expecting a character above 127. That value is outside ASCII and the answer depends on which extended set is meant.
• Dropping the padding on a fixed-width code, so a list of codes can no longer be split apart.

Frequently Asked Questions

Related Conversions

• If your input is binary rather than ASCII code, convert binary to text instead.
• ASCII Code also converts to binary by the same lookup — convert ASCII code to binary.
• If your input is decimal rather than ASCII code, convert a decimal code to its character instead.
• If your input is binary rather than ASCII code, bin to ASCII code lookup instead.
• If your input is hex rather than ASCII code, hex byte to ASCII code lookup (00-7F) instead.
• If your input is text rather than ASCII code, octal escape code for each character instead.

The rest of the family sits on the converter grid for every pair.