Specifically, they used ASCII code 27 ( escape ), followed by a series of characters called a " control sequence " or " escape sequence ".
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Alternative ways to encode character values include specifying an integer value for a code point, such as an ASCII code value or a Unicode code point.
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Some 8-bit ASCII code pages use character 211 as the closing double quote ( with a different character for the opening double quote ), so that might work.
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For printing devices that directly interpret ASCII codes, this is not a large problem, because the XON and XOFF codes use ASCII " device control " code numbers.
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He helped invent the ASCII coding system that is used in computers to represent text, and also contributed the escape key and the backslash to the computer language.
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:For an example from another field, ASCII code had a " BEL " code from at least 1968, despite the fact that few computers had an actual bell.
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If you take all the letters in " Bill Gates, " convert them to ASCII codes, add up the numbers, then add the III it comes out to 666.
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The screen has 80 & times; 25 chars, so there are 80 ASCII code / attribute pairs per line ( 160 bytes per line, 2 bytes per symbol ).
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However, beware that some of those characters are unprintable, so require more work when debugging ( you have to print out the ASCII codes instead of the characters ).
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:If all else fails, you can always hit NumLock then hold down the Alt key and type the decimal ASCII code on the number pad and then release Alt.
