| Control Character | Python & Java |
Hex | Decimal |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ^@ | \0 | 00 | 0 | Null character |
| ^A | \1 | 01 | 1 | Start of heading |
| ^B | \2 | 02 | 2 | Start of text |
| ^C | \3 | 03 | 3 | End of text |
| ^D | \4 | 04 | 4 | End of transmission |
| ^E | \5 | 05 | 5 | Enquiry |
| ^F | \6 | 06 | 6 | Acknowledge |
| ^G | \a | 07 | 7 | Audible bell |
| ^H | \b | 08 | 8 | Backspace |
| ^I | \t | 09 | 9 | Horizontal tab |
| ^J | \n | 0a | 10 | Line feed |
| ^K | \v | 0b | 11 | Vertical tab |
| ^L | \f | 0c | 12 | Form feed |
| ^M | \x0d | 0d | 13 | Carriage return |
| ^N | \x0e | 0e | 14 | Shift out |
| ^O | \x0f | 0f | 15 | Shift in |
| ^P | \x10 | 10 | 16 | Data link escape |
| ^Q | \x11 | 11 | 17 | Device control 1 |
| ^R | \x12 | 12 | 18 | Device control 2 |
| ^S | \x13 | 13 | 19 | Device control 3 |
| ^T | \x14 | 14 | 20 | Device control 4 |
| ^U | \x15 | 15 | 21 | Negative Acknowledge |
| ^V | \x16 | 16 | 22 | Synchronous idle |
| ^W | \x17 | 17 | 23 | End of transmission block |
| ^X | \x18 | 18 | 24 | Cancel |
| ^Y | \x19 | 19 | 25 | End of medium |
| ^Z | \x1a | 1a | 26 | Substitute |
| ^[ | \x1b | 1b | 27 | Escape |
| ^\ | \x1c | 1c | 28 | File separator |
| ^] | \x1d | 1d | 29 | Group separator |
| ^^ | \x1e | 1e | 30 | Record separator |
| ^- | \x1f | 1f | 31 | Unit separator |